"round number" meaning in English

See round number in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: round numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} round number (plural round numbers)
  1. A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits. Categories (topical): Numbers Derived forms: round number bias Related terms: round down, rounding error, round off, round up Translations (number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes): cifra tonda [feminine] (Italian), número redondo [masculine] (Portuguese), кру́глыми чи́слами (krúglymi číslami) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-round_number-en-noun-dq7aaGrh Disambiguation of Numbers: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes': 56 44
  2. A rough approximation, especially one whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes.
    Sense id: en-round_number-en-noun-IeVm2sZl Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for round number meaning in English (3.4kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "round numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "round number (plural round numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Numbers",
          "orig": "en:Numbers",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "word": "round number bias"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A well-known anecdote says that the first scientifically precise measurement of Mount Everest's height was purposely misreported to the public as 29,002 feet merely because the actual result, figured at 29,000 feet precisely, sounded like a round number.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits."
      ],
      "id": "en-round_number-en-noun-dq7aaGrh",
      "links": [
        [
          "decimal",
          "decimal"
        ],
        [
          "representation",
          "representation"
        ],
        [
          "zero",
          "zero"
        ],
        [
          "significant digit",
          "significant digit"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "word": "round down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "word": "rounding error"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "word": "round off"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "word": "round up"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cifra tonda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "número redondo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krúglymi číslami",
          "sense": "number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "кру́глыми чи́слами"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a nice round number",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "We don't yet know the exact cost, but 20 million dollars sounds like a nice round number.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "In round numbers, the population of the nearest city is about 90,000."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rough approximation, especially one whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes."
      ],
      "id": "en-round_number-en-noun-IeVm2sZl",
      "links": [
        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ],
        [
          "approximation",
          "approximation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "round number"
  ],
  "word": "round number"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:Numbers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "round number bias"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "round numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "round number (plural round numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "round down"
    },
    {
      "word": "rounding error"
    },
    {
      "word": "round off"
    },
    {
      "word": "round up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A well-known anecdote says that the first scientifically precise measurement of Mount Everest's height was purposely misreported to the public as 29,002 feet merely because the actual result, figured at 29,000 feet precisely, sounded like a round number.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decimal",
          "decimal"
        ],
        [
          "representation",
          "representation"
        ],
        [
          "zero",
          "zero"
        ],
        [
          "significant digit",
          "significant digit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a nice round number",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "We don't yet know the exact cost, but 20 million dollars sounds like a nice round number.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "In round numbers, the population of the nearest city is about 90,000."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rough approximation, especially one whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ],
        [
          "approximation",
          "approximation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cifra tonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número redondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krúglymi číslami",
      "sense": "number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кру́глыми чи́слами"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "round number"
  ],
  "word": "round number"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.