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om13 [van mening veranderd] 〈zie voorbeelden 3〉4 [van richting veranderd] turned♦voorbeelden:voor het jaar om is • before the year is outuw tijd is om • your time is upII 〈 bijwoord〉2 [met betrekking tot doel] about♦voorbeelden:toen zij de hoek om kwamen • when they came (a)round the corner〈 figuurlijk〉 dat gaat buiten hem om • 〈 weet hij niets van〉 he's been kept out of this; 〈 heeft hij niets mee te maken〉 he's not involved in that; 〈 raakt hem niet〉 it doesn't concern himiets doen buiten iemand om • go around/bypass someoneom en om • every other onewaar gaat het om? • what's it about?; 〈 onenigheid ook〉 what's the matter?————————om2〈 voorzetsel〉1 [rondom] (a)round, about2 [vlak bij] (a)round3 [omstreeks] around, about4 [juist op het tijdstip van] at5 [telkens na] every6 [(in ruil) voor] for♦voorbeelden:om de tafel zitten • sit (a)round the tablezij had haar kinderen om zich (heen) • she had her children around herom en (na)bij drie jaar • approximately/roughly three yearsom de andere dag • every other day, on alternate daysom de twee uur • every two hoursniet om te eten • not fit to eat, inedibleom kort te gaan • to cut a long story short
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Circuitous — Cir*cu i*tous, a. [LL. circuitosus.] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. {Cir*cu i*tous*ly}, adv. {Cir*cu i*tous*ness}, n. Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
circuitous — I adjective ambagious, anfractuous, anguilliform, anguine, circumfluent, circumambulating, circumfluous, circumlocutory, complicated, contorted, convoluted, convolution, crooked, curved, deviating, deviatory, devious, digressive, discursive, eel… … Law dictionary
circuitous — (adj.) 1660s, from M.L. circuitous full of roundabout ways, from L. circuitus a going round (see CIRCUIT (Cf. circuit)). Related: Circuitously … Etymology dictionary
circuitous — roundabout, *indirect Analogous words: *winding, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, flexuous Antonyms: straight … New Dictionary of Synonyms
circuitous — [adj] going around, indirect back road*, by way of, circular, collateral, complicated, devious, labyrinthine, long way*, long way around*, meandering, oblique, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, winding around; concepts 544,581 Ant. direct, in line … New thesaurus
circuitous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a route) longer than the most direct way. DERIVATIVES circuitously adverb circuitousness noun … English terms dictionary
circuitous — [sər kyo͞o′ət əs] adj. [ML circuitosus < L circuitus: see CIRCUIT] roundabout; indirect; devious circuitously adv. circuitousness n … English World dictionary
circuitous — [[t]sə(r)kju͟ːɪtəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct. [FORMAL] They were taken on a circuitous route, from mainland China through Hong Kong to Europe and then to Panama... Stuart… … English dictionary
circuitous — adjective Etymology: perhaps from Medieval Latin circuitosus, from Latin circuitus Date: 1664 1. having a circular or winding course < a circuitous route > 2. not being forthright or direct in language or action < a … New Collegiate Dictionary
circuitous — circuitously, adv. circuitousness, n. /seuhr kyooh i teuhs/, adj. roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument. [1655 65; < ML circuitosus, equiv. to circuit(us) CIRCUIT + osus OUS] Syn. circular, winding, indirect,… … Universalium
circuitous — cir|cu|i|tous [ sər kjuıtəs ] adjective 1. ) a circuitous journey, path, etc. is longer than it needs to be because it is not direct: He took a circuitous route to the library, to avoid passing her house. 2. ) taking a long time to say what you… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English