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rond

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rond.

Editorial note

While looking for a decent AI, I found 'rondje rond de kerk'.

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Quick take

(Norfolk) A bank of a river or a canal.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rond gathered in one view.

noun

(Norfolk) A bank of a river or a canal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rond.

noun

(Norfolk) A bank of a river or a canal.

Example sentences

1

While looking for a decent AI, I found 'rondje rond de kerk'.

2

The recruiter wanted to put pegs in holes (which is essentially what selection is), but mistook the request for a red rond peg for 'only a specific type of red' peg.

3

These kind of concerns, laws and regulation often remind me of a 1983 joke by the Belgium comedian 'Urbanus': Urbanus vertelt dat zijn buurman boer is en dat hij rond rijdt met zijn tractor en een vieselijk geel poeder spuit op zijn akker.

4

So if it's an actual roundabout (aka, "rond-point"), then normal traffic rules apply for intersections: Priority to the Right.

5

I've been driving in France for almost 30 years and I wouldn't be able to point to a single "rond-point".

6

Often, you have what is referred as "Carrefours à sens giratoire", which can very much look like "rond-points", but priority is to the vehicles already on the roundabout.

7

Around, from Old French reond (Modern French rond), completely displaced Old English ymbe (modern English umbe (now obsolete), cognate to German um and Latin ambi-) and left no "native" English word for this concept.

8

And "The only people that live there are cocaine traffickers (from Bolivia) and the last groups of native south americans that still live in tribes." is also an Acre's reference; I am sure it's not Rondônia.

Quote examples

1

So if it's an actual roundabout (aka, "rond-point"), then normal traffic rules apply for intersections: Priority to the Right.

2

I've been driving in France for almost 30 years and I wouldn't be able to point to a single "rond-point".

3

Often, you have what is referred as "Carrefours à sens giratoire", which can very much look like "rond-points", but priority is to the vehicles already on the roundabout.

4

Around, from Old French reond (Modern French rond), completely displaced Old English ymbe (modern English umbe (now obsolete), cognate to German um and Latin ambi-) and left no "native" English word for this concept.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rond in a sentence?

While looking for a decent AI, I found 'rondje rond de kerk'.

What does rond mean?

(Norfolk) A bank of a river or a canal.

What part of speech is rond?

rond is commonly used as noun.