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to go round a roundabout

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  • roundabout — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Ferris wheel, O shaped, ambages, ambagious, ambient, anfractuous, apparent, backhanded, balled up, bypass, carousel, chubby, chute the chutes, chutes, circling, circuit, circuitous, circular, circumambages,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • roundabout — round|a|bout1 [ˈraundəbaut] n BrE 1.) a raised circular area where three or more roads join together and which cars must drive around American Equivalent: traffic circle ▪ Turn left at the first roundabout. →↑mini roundabout 2.) a round structure …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • round´a|bout´ness — round|a|bout «ROWND uh BOWT», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not straight; indirect: »a roundabout route, in a roundabout way. SYNONYM(S): circuitous. 2. that surrounds or encircles. 3. cut round at the bottom: »a roundabout coat or jacket …   Useful english dictionary

  • round|a|bout — «ROWND uh BOWT», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not straight; indirect: »a roundabout route, in a roundabout way. SYNONYM(S): circuitous. 2. that surrounds or encircles. 3. cut round at the bottom: »a roundabout coat or jacket …   Useful english dictionary

  • roundabout — round|a|bout1 [ raundə,baut ] adjective usually before noun not direct, simple, or short: a roundabout route He always says things in a roundabout way. roundabout round|a|bout 2 [ raundə,baut ] noun count BRITISH 1. ) a TRAFFIC CIRCLE or ROTARY 2 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Roundabout — Round a*bout , a. 1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. [1913 Webster] We have taken a terrible roundabout road. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. Large, sound, roundabout sense. Locke. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • round — round1 [round] adj. [ME < OFr roont < L rotundus: see ROTUND] 1. shaped like a ball; spherical; globular 2. a) shaped like a circle, ring, or disk; circular b) shaped like a cylinder (in having a circular cross section); cylindrical 3 …   English World dictionary

  • Roundabout — Round a*bout , n. 1. A large horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry go round; a carousel. [British] Smart. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. A dance performed in a circle. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roundabout — (adv.) by a circuitous route, 1870, from ROUND (Cf. round) (adv.) + ABOUT (Cf. about). Noun sense of traffic circle is attested from 1927 …   Etymology dictionary

  • roundabout — ► NOUN Brit. 1) a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. 2) a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. 3) a merry go round. ► ADJECTIVE ▪… …   English terms dictionary

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