all-round, all-around

all-round, all-around
In such phrases as "all-round man" and "all-round athlete," this hyphenated adjective is preferable to its twin, all-around. In this sense, round provides the idea of completeness or fullness, whereas around suggests position with relationship to a center. By this reasoning, one should say "The dog walked around the chair" rather than "round the chair." Neither all-round nor all-around (both adjectives) should be confused with all round and all around (two adverbs): "Jack walked all around the waterfront."

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  • all-around — all a round adj [only before noun] AmE good at doing many different things, especially sports British Equivalent: all round ▪ an all around athlete …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • all-around — is an optional AmE variant to all round (The best all around American school / A good all around player) …   Modern English usage

  • round (or around) the clock — all day and all night. → clock …   English new terms dictionary

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