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To collect or gather (something) together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- The city hall needs to round up all the wrongly parked bikes across the city.
- They rounded up a group of experts and got their opinions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To collect or gather (something) together.
To gather (livestock such as cattle, sheep, geese, etc.) together, such as by encircling them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- In the autumn we round up all the hill sheep and bring them down into the barn.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To collect or gather (something) together.
To arrest or detain a group of people based on collective (rather than individualized) cause or suspicion, often as a form of targeted persecution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal, transitive
Examples
- During the Holocaust, the Nazis rounded up Jews into ghettos and concentration camps.
- Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: arithmetic
Examples
- The total is $24,995 — let's round it up to $25,000.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: round down
Broader terms: round off
seek out and bring together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- round up some loyal followers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
събирам
(sǎbiram)
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Bulgarian:
сбирам
(sbiram)
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Finnish:
koota
— to collect or gather (something) together
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French:
rassembler
— to collect or gather (something) together
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French:
réunir
— to collect or gather (something) together
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French:
cueillir
— to collect or gather (something) together
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German:
zusammentreiben
— to collect or gather (something) together
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German:
zusammentrommeln
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Norwegian:
samle
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Portuguese:
juntar
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Portuguese:
reunir
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Portuguese:
vaquejar
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Russian:
сгоня́ть
(sgonjátʹ)
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Russian:
согна́ть
(sognátʹ)
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Russian:
окружа́ть
(okružátʹ)
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Russian:
окружи́ть
(okružítʹ)
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Swedish:
samla ihop
— to collect or gather (something) together
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Bulgarian:
закръглям нагоре
(zakrǎgljam nagore)
— to round up a number
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Bulgarian:
закръгля нагоре
(zakrǎglja nagore)
— to round up a number
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Catalan:
arrodonir
— to round up a number
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Chinali:
向上取整
— to round up a number
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Finnish:
pyöristää ylöspäin
— to round up a number
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French:
arrondir
— to round up a number
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German:
aufrunden
— to round up a number
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Italian:
arrotondare per eccesso
— to round up a number
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Portuguese:
arredondar
— to round up a number
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Russian:
округля́ть
(okrugljátʹ)
— to round up a number
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Russian:
округли́ть
(okruglítʹ)
— to round up a number
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Spanish:
redondear
— to round up a number
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Swedish:
avrunda
— to round up a number
