"be around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-be around.ogg [Australia] Forms: is around [present, singular, third-person], being around [participle, present], was around [past], been around [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> around}} be around (third-person singular simple present is around, present participle being around, simple past was around, past participle been around)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, stative) To be alive, existent, or present. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, stative
    Sense id: en-be_around-en-verb-f0X2r~3x
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To be near; to socialize with. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-be_around-en-verb-F0GOsyBd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (around): 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: have been around

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1918, Booth Tarkington, chapter 34, in The Magnificent Ambersons",
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