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1 round
1. adjective1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) kringlóttur, hringlaga, hnöttóttur2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) bústinn, þybbinn2. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) snúa (sér) við2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) í hring; árið um kring3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) frá einum til annars4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) hingað og þangað5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) ummál6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) fara til (e-s)3. preposition1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) umhverfis, í kringum2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) í kringum3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) út um allan4. noun1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) umferð/-gangur, hringur2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) hringur, yfirferðarsvæði3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) hrina, kviða4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) skot5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) umferð6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) keðjusöngur5. verb(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir- rounded- roundly
- roundness
- rounds
- all-round
- all-rounder
- roundabout 6. adjective(not direct: a roundabout route.) sem er ekki beinn- round-shouldered
- round trip
- all round
- round about
- round off
- round on
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2 round about
1) (surrounding: She sat with her children round about her.) í kringum2) (near: There are not many houses round about.) í nágrenninu3) (approximately: There must have been round about a thousand people there.) í kringum, um það bil -
3 round figures/numbers
(the nearest convenient or easily remembered numbers: Tell me the cost in round figures (ie $20 rather than $19.87).) rúnnaðar/jafnaðar tölur -
4 round the clock
(the whole day and the whole night: to work round the clock.) allan sólarhringinn -
5 round trip
1) ((American) a journey to a place and back again (round-trip ticket a ticket for such a journey).) ferðlag til tiltekins staðar og tilbaka2) (a trip to several places and back, taking a circular route.) hringferð -
6 round up
to collect together: The farmer rounded up the sheep (noun round-up) safna saman, smala -
7 round off
1) (to make something smooth etc: He rounded off the sharp corners with a file.) gera ávalann, rúnna2) (to complete successfully: He rounded off his career by becoming president.) ljúka, ganga frá -
8 round on
(to turn to face (a person) suddenly, especially angrily.) ráðast á (e-n) -
9 round-shouldered
adjective (with stooping shoulders.) sem er lotinn í herðum -
10 all-round
1) (including or applying to every part, person, thing etc: an all-round pay rise.) alhliða, almennur2) (good at all parts of a subject etc: an all-round sportsman.) fjölhæfur, alhliða -
11 come round
1) ((also come around) to visit: Come round and see us soon.) koma við/í heimsókn2) (to regain consciousness: After receiving anesthesia, don't expect to come round for at least twenty minutes.) komast til meðvitundar -
12 get round
1) (to persuade (a person etc) to do something to one's own advantage: She can always get round her grandfather by giving him a big smile.) telja e-n á e-ð, sannfæra e-n2) (to solve (a problem etc): We can easily get round these few difficulties.) leysa vandamál -
13 talk round
1) (to persuade: I managed to talk her round.) telja (e-m) hughvarf2) (to talk about (something) for a long time without reaching the most important point: We talked round the question for hours.) fara í kringum efnið -
14 all round
(surrounding: There were people all round him.) allt í kringum, umhverfis -
15 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) árið um kring -
16 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) árið um kring -
17 bring round
(to bring back from unconsciousness: Fresh air brought him round.) vekja til meðvitundar -
18 gather round
(to come together around a person, thing etc: Will everyone please gather round?) safnast í kringum -
19 get (a)round to
(to manage to (do something): I don't know when I'll get round to (painting) the door.) takast e-ð, komst í að gera e-ð -
20 go round
(to be enough for everyone: Is there enough food to go round?) vera til skiptanna
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