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1 vicinity
[vɪ'sɪnətɪ]* * *[vi'sinəti](a neighbourhood or local area: Are there any cinemas in the/this vicinity?) vicinato* * *vicinity /vɪˈsɪnətɪ/n.1 vicinanze; pressi: There is no hotel in the vicinity, non c'è nessun albergo nelle vicinanze; We're looking for a house in the vicinity of the city, cerchiamo una casa nei pressi della città2 [u] (arc.) vicinanza; prossimità: Their homes are in close vicinity, le loro case sono vicinissime● (form.) in the vicinity of ( seguito da cifra), intorno a; all'incirca: He earns something in the vicinity of £100,000 a year, guadagna intorno alle 100 000 sterline l'anno.* * *[vɪ'sɪnətɪ] -
2 thereabouts
[ˌðeərə'baʊts]thereabout ['ðeərəbaʊt] avverbio1) (in the vicinity) lì vicino, nei dintorni2) (roughly)* * *thereabouts /ˈðɛərəbaʊts/, thereabout /ˈðɛərəbaʊt/avv.1 là presso; lì vicino; nei dintorni; nelle vicinanze; da quelle parti2 all'incirca; pressappoco; a un dipresso; giù di lì: one thousand dollars or thereabouts, mille dollari o pressappoco; at twelve o'clock or thereabouts, alle dodici o giù di lì.* * *[ˌðeərə'baʊts]thereabout ['ðeərəbaʊt] avverbio1) (in the vicinity) lì vicino, nei dintorni2) (roughly) -
3 round
I 1. [raʊnd]avverbio BEto go all the way round — [fence, wall] fare tutto il giro
to go round and round — [ carousel] girare; [ person] girare in tondo; fig. girare intorno
3) (to specific place, home)to go round to — passare da [office, school]
to ask sb. (to come) round — chiedere a qcn. di passare
to invite sb. round for lunch — invitare qcn. a casa per pranzo
2.three metres round — [ tree trunk] di tre metri di circonferenza
preposizione BE1) (expressing location) intorno a [table etc.]to go round a bend — (in road) svoltare
3) (on visit)4) round about (approximately) pressappoco, circaII 1. [raʊnd]it happened round about here — è successo più o meno qui; (vicinity)
1) (circular) [ object] rotondo, tondo; [ building] circolare2) (curved) [ handwriting] rotondeggiante3) (spherical) rotondo4) (complete) [ figure] tondo2.in round figures, that's Ј100 — arrotondando, sono cento sterline
1) (set, series) serie f.2) (in competition) turno m.qualifying round — (in football, rugby, tennis) turno di qualificazione
3) (in golf, cards) giro m.; (in boxing, wrestling) round m., ripresa f.4) equit. (in event) percorso m.5) pol. (in election) turno m.6) (of drinks) giro m.7) (unit of ammunition) pallottola f.8) (shot fired) colpo m.9) (burst)10) (of bread)11) (route) giro m.12) (circular shape) cerchio m., tondino m.13) mus. (canon) canone m.3.to do one's rounds — [ doctor] fare il giro di visite; [ postman] fare il giro; [ guard] fare la ronda
III [raʊnd]to do o go the rounds [ rumour] fare il giro; [ flu] girare; to go o do the rounds of — fare il giro di
- round on- round up* * *1. adjective1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) rotondo, tondo2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) rotondo, tondo2. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) in tondo2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) in tondo; per tutto3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) (in giro)4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) (nelle vicinanze), (in giro)5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) (di circonferenza)6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) verso3. preposition1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) intorno2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) intorno a3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) vicino4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) (per tutto)4. noun1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) giro; partita2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) giro3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) scroscio; salva4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) colpo, sparo5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) turno6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) canone5. verb(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) girare- rounded- roundly
- roundness
- rounds
- all-round
- all-rounder
- roundabout 6. adjective(not direct: a roundabout route.) indiretto- round-shouldered
- round trip
- all round
- round about
- round off
- round on
- round up* * *I 1. [raʊnd]avverbio BEto go all the way round — [fence, wall] fare tutto il giro
to go round and round — [ carousel] girare; [ person] girare in tondo; fig. girare intorno
3) (to specific place, home)to go round to — passare da [office, school]
to ask sb. (to come) round — chiedere a qcn. di passare
to invite sb. round for lunch — invitare qcn. a casa per pranzo
2.three metres round — [ tree trunk] di tre metri di circonferenza
preposizione BE1) (expressing location) intorno a [table etc.]to go round a bend — (in road) svoltare
3) (on visit)4) round about (approximately) pressappoco, circaII 1. [raʊnd]it happened round about here — è successo più o meno qui; (vicinity)
1) (circular) [ object] rotondo, tondo; [ building] circolare2) (curved) [ handwriting] rotondeggiante3) (spherical) rotondo4) (complete) [ figure] tondo2.in round figures, that's Ј100 — arrotondando, sono cento sterline
1) (set, series) serie f.2) (in competition) turno m.qualifying round — (in football, rugby, tennis) turno di qualificazione
3) (in golf, cards) giro m.; (in boxing, wrestling) round m., ripresa f.4) equit. (in event) percorso m.5) pol. (in election) turno m.6) (of drinks) giro m.7) (unit of ammunition) pallottola f.8) (shot fired) colpo m.9) (burst)10) (of bread)11) (route) giro m.12) (circular shape) cerchio m., tondino m.13) mus. (canon) canone m.3.to do one's rounds — [ doctor] fare il giro di visite; [ postman] fare il giro; [ guard] fare la ronda
III [raʊnd]to do o go the rounds [ rumour] fare il giro; [ flu] girare; to go o do the rounds of — fare il giro di
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4 neighbourhood
1.neighborhood ['neɪbəhʊd] nome1) (district) quartiere m.2) (vicinity)in the neighbourhood — nelle vicinanze, nei paraggi
2.in the neighbourhood of — dalle parti di, vicino a
modificatore [facility, shop, office] di quartiere* * *1) (a district or area, especially in a town or city: a poor neighbourhood.) quartiere2) (a district or area surrounding a particular place: He lives somewhere in the neighbourhood of the station.) vicinanze* * *neighbourhood, ( USA) neighborhood /ˈneɪbəhʊd/n.2 distretto; regione; area; quartiere; territorio: They live in an attractive neighbourhood, abitano in un bel quartiere ( della città)3 [u] (collett.) vicinato; i vicini ( di casa): He was despised by the whole neighbourhood, era disprezzato da tutti i vicini4 [u] vicinanza: The neighbourhood of the factory is a nuisance, la vicinanza della fabbrica è una cosa fastidiosa● (in GB) neighbourhood watch, vigilanza di quartiere ( da parte dei vicini di casa) □ (fam.) in the neighbourhood of, all'incirca, quasi: The motorway is in the neighbourhood of 200 miles long, l'autostrada è lunga circa 200 miglia.* * *1.neighborhood ['neɪbəhʊd] nome1) (district) quartiere m.2) (vicinity)in the neighbourhood — nelle vicinanze, nei paraggi
2.in the neighbourhood of — dalle parti di, vicino a
modificatore [facility, shop, office] di quartiere
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