adv.
Function: preposition
Date: 14th century
1 a : on all sides of b : so as to encircle or enclose <seated around the table> c : so as to avoid or get past : on or to another side of <find a way around their objections> <went around the lake> < around the corner> d : NEAR <lives around Chicago> < around the turn of the century>
2 : in all directions outward from <look around you>
3 : here and there in or throughout <barnstorming around the country>
4 : so as to have a center or basis in <a society organized around kinship ties>