Collocations for "around"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "around" in context.
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around
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- it's around [500] miles to [London, the coast]
- around [50] percent of the
- will [meet, get there] around [noon]
- at around [six o'clock, midnight]
- were around [500] [members, attendees, spectators]
- there was [snow, music] all around
- could see for miles around
- will be around for [a while, a couple of hours]
- (I'll) see you around!
- US: around and about (somewhere)
- [the tree, his waist] is [40 inches] around
- (somewhere) around [here, there, the city hall]
- is there a [pharmacy, station] around here?
- [Christmas, my first day] is just around the corner
- wrapped around [her wrist, the tree, his little finger]
- around the [back, side]
- there aren't many [offers, cars, jobs] around (like this one)
- (somewhere) around [here, there, the city hall]
- it's around [500] miles to [London, the coast]
- is there a [pharmacy, station] around here?
- around [50] percent of the
- [Christmas, my first day] is just around the corner
- will [meet, get there] around [noon]
- wrapped around [her wrist, the tree, his little finger]
- at around [six o'clock, midnight]
- around the [back, side]
- were around [500] [members, attendees, spectators]
- there was [snow, music] all around
- could see for miles around
- there aren't many [offers, cars, jobs] around (like this one)
- will be around for [a while, a couple of hours]
- (I'll) see you around!
- US: around and about (somewhere)
- [the tree, his waist] is [40 inches] around
- is an all-around [good guy, athlete]
'around' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Britain
- Halloween
- advertise
- affect
- afternoon
- alley
- allow
- amusement
- anger
- anguish
- ankle
- anyhow
- area
- arm
- armpit
- arrange
- autumn
- average
- awkward
- axis
- back
- backpack
- bandage
- bare
- barefoot
- bargain
- barrel
- bat
- beat
- bed
- beetle
- being
- belly
- bicycle
- bike
- bird
- blanket
- block
- blown
- boat
- bob
- bonfire
- border
- boss
- bounce
- box
- brother
- brown
- building
- bummer