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I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.
Alain de Botton

Meaning of "get round" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GET ROUND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GET ROUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Get round is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb get round in English.

WHAT DOES GET ROUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of get round in the English dictionary

The first definition of get round in the dictionary is to circumvent or overcome. Other definition of get round is to have one's way with; cajole. Get round is also to evade.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GET ROUND

PRESENT

Present
I get round
you get round
he/she/it gets round
we get round
you get round
they get round
Present continuous
I am getting round
you are getting round
he/she/it is getting round
we are getting round
you are getting round
they are getting round
Present perfect
I have got round
you have got round
he/she/it has got round
we have got round
you have got round
they have got round
Present perfect continuous
I have been getting round
you have been getting round
he/she/it has been getting round
we have been getting round
you have been getting round
they have been getting round
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I got round
you got round
he/she/it got round
we got round
you got round
they got round
Past continuous
I was getting round
you were getting round
he/she/it was getting round
we were getting round
you were getting round
they were getting round
Past perfect
I had got round
you had got round
he/she/it had got round
we had got round
you had got round
they had got round
Past perfect continuous
I had been getting round
you had been getting round
he/she/it had been getting round
we had been getting round
you had been getting round
they had been getting round
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will get round
you will get round
he/she/it will get round
we will get round
you will get round
they will get round
Future continuous
I will be getting round
you will be getting round
he/she/it will be getting round
we will be getting round
you will be getting round
they will be getting round
Future perfect
I will have got round
you will have got round
he/she/it will have got round
we will have got round
you will have got round
they will have got round
Future perfect continuous
I will have been getting round
you will have been getting round
he/she/it will have been getting round
we will have been getting round
you will have been getting round
they will have been getting round
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would get round
you would get round
he/she/it would get round
we would get round
you would get round
they would get round
Conditional continuous
I would be getting round
you would be getting round
he/she/it would be getting round
we would be getting round
you would be getting round
they would be getting round
Conditional perfect
I would have get round
you would have get round
he/she/it would have get round
we would have get round
you would have get round
they would have get round
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been getting round
you would have been getting round
he/she/it would have been getting round
we would have been getting round
you would have been getting round
they would have been getting round
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you get round
we let´s get round
you get round
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to get round
Past participle
got round
Present Participle
getting round
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GET ROUND

get one´s teeth into
get one´s wires crossed
get onto
get out
get out of bed on the wrong side
get out of jail
Get outta here!
get over
get rid of
get rooted!
get shot of
get shut of
get someone´s goat
get someone´s number
get something down to a fine art
get something off one´s chest
get somewhere
get stuck in
get stuffed!
get the best of

WORDS THAT END LIKE GET ROUND

all-around
all-round
around
background
bound
break new ground
campground
fall to the ground
foreground
get around
get off the ground
ground
into the ground
playground
round
surround
the high ground
to the ground
turnaround
underground
year-round

Synonyms and antonyms of get round in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «get round» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GET ROUND

Find out the translation of get round to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of get round from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «get round» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

避开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recibir todo el año
570 millions of speakers

English

get round
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दौर मिल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يسحبوا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обходить стороной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contornar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃত্তাকার পেতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contourner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mendapatkan pusingan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

umgehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラウンドを取得
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

라운드 얻을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njaluk babak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi vòng quanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி வளைத்து நில்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोल करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yuvarlak olsun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aggirare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obejść
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обходити стороною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obține rotund
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να παρακάμψουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kry ronde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kringgå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komme rundt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of get round

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GET ROUND»

The term «get round» is regularly used and occupies the 82.937 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GET ROUND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about get round

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2 QUOTES WITH «GET ROUND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word get round.
1
Alain de Botton
I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.
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Diana Gabaldon
I have no objection to well-written romance, but I'd read enough of it to know that that's not what I had written. I also knew that if it was sold as romance I'd never be reviewed by the 'New York Times' or any other literarily respectable newspaper - which is basically true, although the 'Washington Post' did get round to me eventually.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET ROUND»

Discover the use of get round in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to get round and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Distributed Systems: 12th International ...
Furthermore, t + 1 correct objects eventually report c in the second get round and c becomes safe. As there are no concurrent inc operations, eventually 2t+1 correct objects report values k or lower from their w field and hence all ch where ...
Theodore P. Baker, Alain Bui, S©♭bastien Tixeuil, 2008
2
The Round House
Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning.
Louise Erdrich, 2012
3
Circling Round Woman
... A time between; a passage. A message—but what? Adapt, examine, get ready, get pure! Prepare, get firm, get faith, get sure! Get on with . . .get over . . . get round to . . . get through! Get happy, get hold of get-at-able you! Have I Any Reason ...
Arlene Corwin, 2011
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Circling Round Time
A message—but what? Adapt, examine, get ready, get pure! Prepare, get firm, get faith, get sure! Get on with . . . get over . . . get round to . . . get through! Get happy, get hold of get-at-able you! ©Have I Any Reason To Fear? 91.9.5 Circling  ...
Arlene Corwin, 2010
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Circling Round Nature
A message—but what? Adapt, examine, get ready, get pure! Prepare, get firm, get faith, get sure! Get on with...get over... get round to... get through! Get happy, get hold ofget-at-able you! Have I Any Reason To Fear? 9.5.1991 Circling Round  ...
Arlene Corwin, 2014
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
To endeavour to obtain information indirectly or by artifice; to get round a person. th.1 I'll round her, and get the secret out before I've done with her. War.a ROUND, an'-o.a and prep. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms roond Cai.; ...
Joseph Wright
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Practical Everyday English: A New Method of Learning ...
Examples: • We'll have to start from scratch, unless you can come up with a way of getting round the problem* • The Government have said they will crack down on property developers trying to get round the Landlord and Tenant Act. Note that  ...
Steven Collins, 2007
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A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
finish) On the other hand, he was bound to be plagued by the Press and perhaps it was better to get it over with straight away. (= finish) + round + to N/V-ing Unfortunately, when we do get round to making real movies our vision has gone, our ...
Thomas Herbst, 2004
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
(also: get something over with) reach the end of smth., especially smth. unpleasant: Feelings of urgency and frustration often come when you want to get the work over quickly and move on to something else. get round something get round to ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Chambers Dictionary Of Phrasal Verbs
3 vt usually sep to manage to make (oneself or something) understood: We must get our message over to the general public. get round vt fus 1 (inf) to persuade (a person etc) to do something he, she etc would not wish to do: She can always ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GET ROUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term get round is used in the context of the following news items.
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No second chance to deter stabbings
Magistrates to be given no option but to give the culprit detention (to avoid soft magistrates giving them a second chance)... the word will soon get round on the ... «Daily Echo, Jul 15»
2
Smart print devices are an untapped opportunity for hackers, warns …
“Just as burglars have the tools to break into someone's house, hackers may be able get round protocol and exploit network insecurity if they ... «ITProPortal, Jul 15»
3
Former badminton champ's new challenge in the Big Apple
... has surgery scheduled on his shoulder later in the year. “I'll get round, though,” added a determined Chris. “Even if I have to crawl the last bit! «This Is Lancashire, Jul 15»
4
Who Replaces Keshi? When Will NPFL Coaches Be Contenders?
By the time you get round to reading this article the Nigeria Football Federation would probably have concluded discussions with former ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Jeremy Clarkson CAN get round BBC ban by making new show with …
Jeremy Clarkson could get around a BBC attempt to stop him making a new Top Gear-style show by making it with an American production ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Success for St Peter's as biggest ever Midnight Walk is staged
"Even more people turned out than we expected, and I was impressed by the determination of some people to get round the distance. «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
7
John Huggan: Dawson's case for Old Course changes
If everyone hits left on every hole – towards those playing in the opposite direction – it will take forever to get round. “The biggest problem is that ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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The True Story of the Soviet Engineer Who Became a Spy and …
... and multi-spectral spy satellites that can read a car license plate, the RQ-180 stealth spy drone–but also ways to get round it. Terrorists hide ... «GovExec.com, Jul 15»
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Stockton victory for Team Wiggins' Chris Lawless in Elite Circuit Series
... a tail wind to the finish and there was a chicane on the finish straight so I just straight-lined that and it was difficult for anyone to get round me. «British Cycling, Jul 15»
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Loving brother runs 53 miles of Nidderdale Way for charity
“The most difficult part of the journey was running down the hill but it was just an absolutely amazing feeling to get round and achieve it. «Ripon Today, Jul 15»

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