rounds

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of round. Use this form when you mean more than one round.

   The boxer won the first three rounds easily.

   She bought two rounds of drinks for the whole table.

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2. 2
   nounplural

   The regular visits a doctor makes to each patient, one after another in a set order.

   Like a mail carrier stopping at each house in order: but a doctor checking each patient.

   The attending physician makes her rounds every morning at seven.

   Medical students follow the senior doctor on rounds through the ward.

   Similarvisits

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3. 3
   nounplural

   The regular path a guard or officer follows to check that everything is in order.

   Like walking the same loop again and again to keep watch over a place.

   The night watchman made his rounds along the empty corridors.

   Security guards do their rounds every two hours after the building closes.

   Similarbeat, patrols

4. 4
   verb

   Third-person singular of round. Use it with he, she, or it.

   She rounds the corner at full speed on every lap.

   The accountant rounds each figure to the nearest dollar.

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5. 5
   nounplural

   A set of bells rung one after another, from the highest note down to the lowest.

   Like playing a scale from the highest key down to the lowest, but with church bells.

   The ringers opened with rounds before moving into harder patterns.

   On Sunday morning the tower rang rounds across the quiet village.

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