English Explanatory Dictionary

Rounds

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname for a descendant of a round or fat person.
noun
  1. plural of round
noun
  1. The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in their homes according to a predetermined order.
  2. A route taken by someone in authority.
  3. A descending diatonic scale played on a ring of bells.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of round

Pronunciation

/ˈɹaʊndz/ en-us-rounds.ogg

Word forms

Rounds Roundses

Derived words

do the rounds grand rounds hearts and rounds make the rounds prerounds roundsman roundswoman
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