Around
####Surrounding or on all sides of something or someone
e.g. The whole family was sitting around the dinner table.
e.g. The Romans built a defensive wall around the city.
####Moving in a circle/ Around= round [BrE]
e.g. A helicopter was circling around, looking for somewhere to land.
e.g. They danced around the bonfire.
####In or to many places or parts of an area/ Around= about [BrE]
e.g. He wandered around the streets, looking in shop windows.
e.g. I finished college, I travelled around for a while.
####In an area near a place or person
e.g. Is there a bank around this place?
e.g. Have you been around the palace?
####Used when guessing a number, amount, time etc, without being exact [Around= adverb]
e.g. There must have been around 40,000 people in the stadium.
e.g. It will cost you around 5 crores.
Source:
Cambridge dictionary
Longman dictionary
Oxford dictionary
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