WORK AROUND / ROUND TO STH/SB

Meaning of WORK AROUND / ROUND TO STH/SB in English

to gradually turn a conversation towards a particular topic, subject, etc. :

It was some time before he worked around to what he really wanted to say.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ROUND — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 30 mile/360 kilometre/2 hour etc round trip ▪ A coachload of supporters made the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WORK — I. ˈwərk, ˈwə̄k, ˈwəik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc, worc; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUND — I. ˈrau̇nd verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian; akin to Old High German rūnēn …
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AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
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SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
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STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
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WORK — /werrk/ , n., adj., v., worked or ( Archaic except for 35, 37, 40 ) wrought; working . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROUND — round 1 — roundness , n. /rownd/ , adj., rounder, roundest , n., adv., prep., v. adj. 1. having a …
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AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
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WORK — I. ˈwərk noun Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROUND — I. rau̇nd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rund, reund, from Latin rotundus — more at rotund Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORK — noun to ferment, as a liquid. 2. work ·noun ore before it is dressed. 3. work ·add. ·noun break; twist. …
Webster English vocab
ROUND
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROUND — [round] adj [ME, fr. OF roont, fr. L rotundus--more at rotund] (14c) 1 a (1): having every part of the …
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WORK
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — / raʊnd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , preposition , noun , verb ■ adjective ( round·er , round·est ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
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WORK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROUND — I. round 1 S2 W2 /raʊnd/ BrE AmE especially British English ( also around ) adverb , preposition [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORK — n. & v. --n. 1 the application of mental or physical effort to a purpose; the use of energy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORK — n. & v. n. 1 the application of mental or physical effort to a purpose; the use of energy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
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WORK — n. & v. --n. 1. the application of mental or physical effort to a purpose; the use of energy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1. shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /raʊnd/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORK
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: 'Round' …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WORK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business/working lunch (= a lunch during which you also do business ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND
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ROUND
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WORK — INDEX: work that somebody does 1. work that someone does as part of their job 2. work that a student …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROUND — See ↑ CIRCLE 2, ↑ ROUND 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ all round • ↑ be round/square/rectangular etc • ↑ bring …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROUND — INDEX: 1. shaped like a ball 2. shaped like a circle 3. an object shaped like a ball 4. with …
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AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
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AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
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ROUND — n. 25B6; adjective a round window : CIRCULAR, disc-shaped, ring-shaped, hoop-shaped; spherical, spheroidal, globular, globe-shaped, orb-shaped; cylindrical; bulbous, rounded, rotund; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
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ROUND — adj. 1 circular; disc-shaped, discoid, disc-like I prefer a round table to a square one She made a round motion …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
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