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All-round   /ɔl-raʊnd/   Listen
adverb
Round  adv.  
1.
On all sides; around. "Round he throws his baleful eyes."
2.
Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.
3.
In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
4.
From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, that is, to change sides or opinions.
5.
By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
6.
Through a circle, as of friends or houses. "The invitations were sent round accordingly."
7.
Roundly; fully; vigorously. (Obs.)
All round, over the whole place; in every direction.
All-round, of general capacity; as, an all-round man. (Colloq.)
To bring one round.
(a)
To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct.
(b)
To restore one to health. (Colloq.)


adjective
all-round  adj.  
1.
Many-sided. "An all-round athlete"
Synonyms: all-around(prenominal), well-rounded





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"All-round" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ravenslee thoughtfully, "I suppose Joe was one of the best all-round fighting men that ...
— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol
... experience of eighteen years in the class room and is an excellent disciplinarian. The fact that he has filled four different chairs with credit is sufficient argument that he is an able "all-round scholar." His greatest strength, however, lies in his knowledge of English. His language is ...
— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various
... heard before of investigators overshooting the mark, but never quite to the extent that he has done. He has really, this time at any rate, without any touch of exaggeration in the phrase, found something to revolutionise human life. And that when he was simply seeking an all-round nervous stimulant to bring languid people up to the stresses of these pushful days. I have tasted the stuff now several times, and I cannot do better than describe the effect the thing had on me. That there are astonishing experiences in store for all in ...
— Twelve Stories and a Dream • H. G. Wells
... best all-round type is that shown in Fig. 89. There is no danger of the setting being accidentally altered, as is very possible with a lever and sliding weight. The valve should be set by the steam gauge. Screw it down, and raise steam to the point at which you wish the safety valve to act, and ...
— Things To Make • Archibald Williams
... and professional service is toward a specialization which often defeats its own end and lessens rather than increases the usefulness of its own department. "We want not workers," says Emerson, "but men working." We want not specialists in the extreme sense but all-round students devoting themselves to one sphere of research or activity with a constant sense of its relation to all other spheres of thought and action. Particularly in social service we want not so much those who in early life specialize in one or another form of social pathology or social therapeutics ...
— The Family and it's Members • Anna Garlin Spencer


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