# rounds

Pronunciation: say "ROWNDZ" /ˈɹaʊndz/

## Noun

1. Plural of round. — plural of round
   - Simple: Plural of round. Use this form when you mean more than one round.
   - _The negotiations dragged through several rounds before any deal emerged._
   - _The soldiers loaded fresh rounds into their rifles before the drill._
2. The routine in which doctors go from patient to patient in a fixed order, whether on hospital wards or at patients' homes.
   - Simple: The regular visits a doctor makes to each patient, one after another in a set order.
   - _The ward fell quiet whenever the consultant began his evening rounds._
   - _She scheduled her home rounds so the most fragile patients were seen first._
3. A fixed route traveled by someone in authority, such as a guard or patrol officer, in the course of their duties.
   - Simple: The regular path a guard or officer follows to check that everything is in order.
   - _The beat officer paused on his rounds to chat with the shopkeepers._
   - _The prison warders alternated rounds so no corridor went unwatched._
5. A descending diatonic scale sounded on a ring of tuned bells, ringing in order from the highest bell to the lowest.
   - Simple: A set of bells rung one after another, from the highest note down to the lowest.
   - _The band practiced rounds until each bell fell cleanly after the one before it._
   - _After the wedding the ringers struck rounds to send the couple off._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of round. — third-person singular simple present indicative of round
   - Simple: Third-person singular of round. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The trail rounds the lake before climbing into the hills._
   - _The cashier rounds the total up when the change runs short._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rounds (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).