{
    "term": "round",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a shape like a circle or a ball",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a round plate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These glasses suit people with round faces."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fruit are small and round."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rugby isn't played with a round ball."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the discovery that the world is round"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child was watching it all with big round eyes *(= showing interest)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a T-shirt with a round neck"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a coin with a round hole in the centre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tower was perfectly round."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sat at a large round table."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having a curved shape",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the round green hills of Donegal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Put both the surname and publication date in round brackets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a small mouth and round pink cheeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Choose shoes with a flat sole and round toes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a round figure or amount is one that is given as a whole number, usually one ending in 0",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Make it a round figure—say forty dollars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two thousand is a nice **round number**—put that down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Well, **in round figures** *(= not giving the exact figures)* we've spent twenty thousand so far."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The total was a round $30 million in Australian dollars."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/raʊnd/",
                "audio": "ro/round/round__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/raʊnd/",
                "audio": "ro/round/round__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus ‘rotund’."
}