| adverb | in the area or vicinity “a few spectators standing about” |
| adverb | by a circular or circuitous route “He came all the way around the base” |
| adverb | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction “wandering about with no place to go” |
| adverb | in a circle or circular motion “The wheels are spinning around” |
| adverb | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct “lasted approximately an hour” |
| adverb | in or to a reversed position or direction “about face” |
| adverb | to a particular destination either specified or understood “she came around to see me” |
| adverb | all around or on all sides “dirty clothes lying around (or about)” |
| adverb | in circumference “the trunk is ten feet around” |
| adverb | from beginning to end; throughout “It rains all year round on Skye” |