"round off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rounds off [present, singular, third-person], rounding off [participle, present], rounded off [participle, past], rounded off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} round off (third-person singular simple present rounds off, present participle rounding off, simple past and past participle rounded off)
  1. (transitive) To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid. Tags: transitive Translations (to change the shape of an object to make it more circular): arrondir (French), redondear (Galician), abrunden (German), rotundō (Latin), zaokrąglać [imperfective] (Polish), zaokrąglić [perfective] (Polish), wyokrąglać [imperfective] (Polish), wyokrąglić [perfective] (Polish), arredondar (Portuguese), rotunji (Romanian), округля́ть (okrugljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), округли́ть (okruglítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), закругля́ть (zakrugljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), закругли́ть (zakruglítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), redondear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-round_off-en-verb-en:make_rounder_by_smoothing_down_physically Disambiguation of 'to change the shape of an object to make it more circular': 87 12 1
  2. (mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits): arredondiar (Asturian), 四捨五入 (Chinese Mandarin), 四舍五入 (sìshěwǔrù) (Chinese Mandarin), arrondir (French), redondear (Galician), runden (German), rotundō (Latin), whakaawhiwhi (Maori), zaokrąglać [imperfective] (Polish), zaokrąglić [perfective] (Polish), arredondar (Portuguese), округля́ть (okrugljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), округли́ть (okruglítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), redondear (Spanish), bilugin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-round_off-en-verb-en:make_rounder_by_removing_significant_digits Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 77 15 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 5 57 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 11 77 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 71 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 87 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 12 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 67 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 66 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 71 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 4 89 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 51 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 76 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 12 74 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits': 8 90 2
  3. (transitive) To complete or finish something. Tags: transitive Translations (to complete or finish something): afronden (Dutch), compléter (French), abrunden (German), den letzten Schliff geben [idiomatic] (German), avrunda (Norwegian Nynorsk), finalizar (Portuguese), зака́нчивать (zakánčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зако́нчить (zakónčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заверша́ть (zaveršátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заверши́ть (zaveršítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), закругляться (zakrugljatʹsja) (Russian), avrunda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-round_off-en-verb-en:finish_or_complete__something_ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to complete or finish something': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: round-off [noun], roundoff [noun] Related terms: rounding error, round number, round out, round to (english: the nearest)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Round off 15.4 to 15, round off 15.51 to 15.5 or to 16, round off 0.499 to 0, and round off 970,000 to 1 million.",
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        "(mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits."
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          "_dis1": "8 90 2",
          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
          "word": "arredondiar"
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          "word": "arrondir"
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          "word": "redondear"
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          "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
          "word": "runden"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "ref": "1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 206:",
          "text": "After this general training the apprentices are usually employed for a year or two as supernumeraries, being engaged to a large extent on special enquiries, a type of work well suited to rounding off their training and also to assisting both the company and the men to ascertain the type of work for which they are best suited.",
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          "ref": "2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:",
          "text": "Manchester United's in-form striker rose to head home Stewart Downing's corner and then rounded off a sweeping counter-attack involving Theo Walcott and Ashley Young to wrap up the formalities seconds before the break.",
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        "(transitive) To complete or finish something."
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          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
          "word": "afronden"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
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          "word": "den letzten Schliff geben"
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
          "word": "finalizar"
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          "roman": "zakánčivatʹ",
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          "roman": "zakónčitʹ",
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          "roman": "zaveršátʹ",
          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
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          "word": "заверша́ть"
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          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
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          "roman": "zakrugljatʹsja",
          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
          "word": "закругляться"
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          "sense": "to complete or finish something",
          "word": "avrunda"
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}
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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      "word": "rounding error"
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      "word": "round number"
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          "word": "square off"
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        "(transitive) To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid."
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          "text": "The instructions say that we are not to round off until we reach the final figure. [in a calculation with interim steps]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Round off 15.4 to 15, round off 15.51 to 15.5 or to 16, round off 0.499 to 0, and round off 970,000 to 1 million.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "\"This product contains no PCBs\" is a typical commercial distortion if it actually contains 0.498 of the measurement unit, rounded off to \"0\"",
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        "To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits."
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        "(mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits."
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          "word": "finish up"
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        {
          "word": "polish off"
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          "text": "Coordinate term: round out"
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          "ref": "1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 206:",
          "text": "After this general training the apprentices are usually employed for a year or two as supernumeraries, being engaged to a large extent on special enquiries, a type of work well suited to rounding off their training and also to assisting both the company and the men to ascertain the type of work for which they are best suited.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:",
          "text": "Manchester United's in-form striker rose to head home Stewart Downing's corner and then rounded off a sweeping counter-attack involving Theo Walcott and Ashley Young to wrap up the formalities seconds before the break.",
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        "To complete or finish something."
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        "(transitive) To complete or finish something."
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "arrondir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "redondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "abrunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "rotundō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaokrąglać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaokrąglić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyokrąglać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyokrąglić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "arredondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "rotunji"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okrugljátʹ",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "округля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okruglítʹ",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "округли́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakrugljátʹ",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "закругля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakruglítʹ",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "закругли́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change the shape of an object to make it more circular",
      "word": "redondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "arredondiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "四捨五入"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìshěwǔrù",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "四舍五入"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "arrondir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "redondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "runden"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "rotundō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "whakaawhiwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaokrąglać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaokrąglić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "arredondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okrugljátʹ",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "округля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okruglítʹ",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "округли́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "redondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
      "word": "bilugin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "afronden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "compléter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "abrunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "den letzten Schliff geben"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "avrunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "finalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakánčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зака́нчивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakónčitʹ",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зако́нчить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaveršátʹ",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заверша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaveršítʹ",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заверши́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakrugljatʹsja",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "закругляться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to complete or finish something",
      "word": "avrunda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "round off"
}

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