GO AROUND

Pronunciation (US):

• GO AROUND (verb)
  The verb GO AROUND has 5 senses:

1. be sufficient
2. become widely known and passed on
3. go around the flank of (an opposing army)
4. turn on or around an axis or a center
5. avoid something unpleasant or laborious

  Familiarity information: GO AROUND used as a verb is common.

• GO AROUND (verb)

Meaning:

Be sufficient

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

There's not enough to go around

Hypernyms (to "go around" is one way to...):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Become widely known and passed on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

circulate; go around; spread

Context examples:

the rumor spread / the story went around in the office

Hypernyms (to "go around" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Go around the flank of (an opposing army)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

outflank; go around

Hypernyms (to "go around" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Turn on or around an axis or a center

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

revolve; rotate; go around

Context examples:

The Earth revolves around the Sun / The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire

Hypernyms (to "go around" is one way to...):

turn (move around an axis or a center)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go around"):

drive in; screw (cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion)

screw (turn like a screw)

wheel; wheel around (change directions as if revolving on a pivot)

gyrate; reel; spin; spin around; whirl (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis)

swirl; twiddle; twirl; whirl (turn in a twisting or spinning motion)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Meaning:

Avoid something unpleasant or laborious

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bypass; get around; short-circuit; go around

Context example:

You cannot bypass these rules!

Hypernyms (to "go around" is one way to...):

avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody