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go around

go a·round
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [goh uh-round]
    • /goʊ əˈraʊnd/
    • /ɡəʊ əˈraʊnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goh uh-round]
    • /goʊ əˈraʊnd/

Definitions of go around words

  • noun go around an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point. 1
  • noun go around a series or pattern of occurrences; round: After the third go-around of questions, the witness was released. 1
  • noun go around runaround (def 1). 1
  • verb without object go around to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus. 1
  • verb without object go around to leave a place; depart: People were coming and going all the time. 1
  • verb without object go around to keep or be in motion; function or perform as required: Can't you go any faster in your work? 1

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Origin of go around

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; noun use of verb phrase go around

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Go around

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

go around popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

go around usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for go around

verb go around

  • omit — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
  • circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
  • sidestep — to step to one side.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.

noun go around

  • shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
  • action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
  • bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.

Antonyms for go around

verb go around

  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.

noun go around

  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
  • idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
  • inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
  • repose — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.

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