roundabout

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/ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/

noun 5verb 3adj 2

Collocations

(noun.)

VERB + ROUNDABOUT

enter

get off, leave

You need to get off the roundabout before the traffic lights.

drive/go around/round

PREP

at the ~

When you reach the roundabout, take the second exit toward the shopping center.

on the ~

Cars were waiting on the roundabout for several minutes during rush hour.

Definitions

adj

Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.

[S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room.

"Really, Bill, I think your best plan would be to go straight to father and tell him the whole thing.—You don't want him to hear about it in a roundabout way."

Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.

The third sort is of those who readily and sincerely follow reason, but for want of having that which one may call a large, sound, roundabout sense, have not a full view of all that relates to the question.

noun

A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.

A fairground carousel.

A detour.

A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.

verb

To play on a roundabout (carousel)

To travel round roundabouts

To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or

noun — a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a

adjective — deviating from a straight course

adjective — marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

circuitous

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room.

Wiktionary

"Really, Bill, I think your best plan would be to go straight to father and tell him the whole thing.—You don't want him to hear about it in a roundabout way."

Wiktionary

Mr. Rather flew to the area in a roundabout fashion, first landing in Bahrain, from there flying to Islamabad and then heading to Kabul by land.

Wiktionary

Don't say it in a roundabout way.

Tatoeba · #22321

The purpose of a roundabout is to slow down traffic.

Tatoeba · #681824

Silicon Roundabout is home to a large number of IT start-ups.

Tatoeba · #1012846

Usage Notes

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