"round about" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} round about (not comparable)
  1. In an opposite direction. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-round_about-en-adv-O4aECIXw
  2. (emphatic) Round; around. Tags: emphatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-round_about-en-adv-sP8Q46uU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 85 7

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} round about
  1. At a point or time approximately equal to.
    Sense id: en-round_about-en-prep_phrase-7g4OM~ru

Download JSON data for round about meaning in English (1.4kB)

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