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It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.
Fred Allen

Meaning of "go around" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO AROUND

go around play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GO AROUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Go around 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 go around in English.

WHAT DOES GO AROUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of go around in the English dictionary

The first definition of go around in the dictionary is to move about. Other definition of go around is foll by with to frequent the society. Go around is also to be sufficient.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GO AROUND

PRESENT

Present
I go around
you go around
he/she/it goes around
we go around
you go around
they go around
Present continuous
I am going around
you are going around
he/she/it is going around
we are going around
you are going around
they are going around
Present perfect
I have gone around
you have gone around
he/she/it has gone around
we have gone around
you have gone around
they have gone around
Present perfect continuous
I have been going around
you have been going around
he/she/it has been going around
we have been going around
you have been going around
they have been going around
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 went around
you went around
he/she/it went around
we went around
you went around
they went around
Past continuous
I was going around
you were going around
he/she/it was going around
we were going around
you were going around
they were going around
Past perfect
I had gone around
you had gone around
he/she/it had gone around
we had gone around
you had gone around
they had gone around
Past perfect continuous
I had been going around
you had been going around
he/she/it had been going around
we had been going around
you had been going around
they had been going around
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will go around
you will go around
he/she/it will go around
we will go around
you will go around
they will go around
Future continuous
I will be going around
you will be going around
he/she/it will be going around
we will be going around
you will be going around
they will be going around
Future perfect
I will have gone around
you will have gone around
he/she/it will have gone around
we will have gone around
you will have gone around
they will have gone around
Future perfect continuous
I will have been going around
you will have been going around
he/she/it will have been going around
we will have been going around
you will have been going around
they will have been going around
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you go around
we let´s go around
you go around
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to go around
Past participle
gone around
Present Participle
going around
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 GO AROUND

go a bundle on
go about
go against
go ahead
go all out
go along
go and
go ape
go ape over
go astray
go at
go away
go back
go back to the mat
go back to the pa
go bad
go bail
go ballistic
go bang
go begging

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO AROUND

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 go around in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «go around» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO AROUND

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

Translator English - Chinese

出去转转
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

circundar
570 millions of speakers

English

go around
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चारों ओर जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يرحل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ходить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sair por aí
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চারদিকে যাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire le tour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengelilingi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

umgehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

行き渡る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주변을 둘러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindhah menyang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi xung quanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி செல்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आसपास फिरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etrafından dolaş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

andare in giro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obejść
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ходити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

du-te în jurul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πηγαίνετε γύρω από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan rond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå runt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå rundt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go around

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO AROUND»

The term «go around» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.174 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO AROUND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «go around» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «go around» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go around

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10 QUOTES WITH «GO AROUND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word go around.
1
Fred Allen
It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.
2
Odette Annable
I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
3
Asia Argento
People's attitudes about sex aren't healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked.
4
Sarah Baker
I don't go around calling myself a fat girl. It doesn't feel fun to me.
5
Marion Barry
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
6
Joy Behar
I love a Dustbuster. You go around, pick up little crumbs, and everything is nice again.
7
Brene Brown
If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
8
Magnus Carlsen
It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
9
Dominic Chianese
When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.
10
Lincoln Child
There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO AROUND»

Discover the use of go around in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go around and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Go-Around Dollar
A story describing how a single dollar changes hands, accompanied by facts about the one-dollar bill.
Barbara Johnston Adams, 1992
2
Money makes the world go around
A seasoned business writer offers her witty, insightful perspective on the world of money when she invests her publisher's advance and tracks its movements through the worldwide economy. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
Barbara Garson, 2002
3
Here We Go Around the Mulberry Bush
An expansion of the traditional song which features a battle between a gardener and some "pesky critters" in search of a snack.
‎2006
4
When There's Not Enough of Me to Go Around: Life Solutions ...
Offering their own lessons learned in the midst of career change, parenting crisis, illness, spiritual drought and overcommitment, Ellen Banks Elwell and Joan Bartel Stough show you how to discover and focus on the things that really matter ...
Ellen Banks Elwell, Joan Bartel Stough, 2002
5
Global Capital Supply and Demand: Is There Enough to Go Around?
Annotation This report examines the possibility that global demand for capital will tend to outstrip supply, thus putting upward pressure on global real interest rates.
Zia Qureshi, 1996
6
Do Not Go Around the Edges: Poems
Illustrated with traditional Aboriginal dot form and contemporary images, this is a poetry collection from an elder of the Wunambal people. The poems are juxtaposed with the story of the author's life.
‎1992
7
Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around: A Memoir of Floods, Fires, ...
A Memoir of Floods, Fires, Parades, and Plywood Cheryl Wagner. “Suck it up and be glad you're not barking on a roof somewhere,” I told her. When we got to Brad and Sam's house, we saw that some trees had smashed their carport and car.
Cheryl Wagner, 2009
8
Circle of Three: Enough Friendship to Go Around?
Fifth-graders Lindsay, Bella, and Kate, who have been best friends forever, deal with new feelings as they expand their social circle and find interests that threaten their comfortable relationship.
Elizabeth Brokamp, 2008
9
Enough Blame to go Around: The Labor Pains of New York ...
Praise. for. Enough. Blame. to. Go. Around. “New York City's labor unions have been luckier than they deserved to have had reporter and editor Richard Steier around to spotlight their occasional triumphs and their much more frequent failures.
Richard Steier, 2014
10
A Dictionary of the Kalispel Or Flat-head Indian Language: ...
chsilcheminom, chsilchomln, chsilchomint, (11) I go around it, 'os- chsilchcminems lu stoligu/ It revolves around the earth. CHTtf-SELtlcncn, I got turned around, as a man turning on his heels, the hands of a clock, etc.; 'kuiush lu sellich'ch?
Joseph Giorda, Gregory Mengarini, 1879

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO AROUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go around is used in the context of the following news items.
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National column: Mass killers go around gun laws
Mass shootings, especially random massacres in public places, typically serve as irresistible opportunities for finger-pointing. Last month's ... «The Coloradoan, Jul 15»
2
Grace Poe confirms PNoy asked her to go around PHL with Mar
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday confirmed that President Benigno Aquino III asked her to go around the country with Interior Secretary Mar ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
3
Plenty of abominations to go around
To the editor: This was a well-written article, but I must take issue with the implication that there is anything “spiritual” about that war. (“Spiritual ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
GOP: "Plenty of blame to go around" for education policy blunders
July 11, 2015, 10:03 AM |Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, makes a case to change the nation's education policy from 2001's No Child Left ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»
5
T-C Line: There should be plenty of money to go around
With property value assessments going up this year and our property taxes increasing significantly next year, the county of Boulder and ... «Longmont Times-Call, Jul 15»
6
Northampton's Cycle CoNNect users clock up enough miles to go
Northampton's Cycle CoNNect users clock up enough miles to go around globe in first year of scheme. Library picture. 07:49 Friday 10 July ... «Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Jul 15»
7
There's Not Enough Fox News Ad Time To Go Around For 2016 …
TPM News. There's Not Enough Fox News Ad Time To Go Around For 2016 Republicans. Share Tweet Pin-it. Bookmark 7 Comments. «TPM, Jul 15»
8
Rugby kids go around the world in seven days
... in seven days. Mayor Richard Dodd joined some of the young authors for the launch of their international story books. by: Andy Morris 10:12 am, Jul 09, 2015 ... «Rugby Observer, Jul 15»
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Ellie Kemper To Ariana Grande: 'You Can't Just Go Around Licking …
Is Ariana Grande entitled to do whatever she wants and lick donuts whenever she feels like it? No way, says Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star ... «ETCanada.com, Jul 15»
10
"I would go around telling girls, "Call me Raj, Raj Aryan"," says actor …
"I would go around telling girls, "Call me Raj, Raj Aryan"," says actor Rajkumar Rao. Atisha Jain, Hindustan Times; |; Updated: Jul 04, 2015 ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

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