wish list (oh) and round 1, adverb, preposition (oh)

wish list (oh)

n [C]
informal all the things that you would like to have or would like to happen in a particular situation
on sb's wish list
::Another player on Coach Beane's wish list is center fielder Jeffrey Hammonds.

round 1, adverb, preposition (oh)

surrounding or on all sides of something or someone
::We sat round the table playing cards.
::Gather round! I have an important announcement to make.
::He put his arm gently round her waist.
::I kept the key on a chain round my neck.
::The ballroom's huge, with windows all the way round .
::There was a lovely courtyard with tables all round .
used to say that someone or something turns so that they face in the opposite direction
::When he turned round I recognised him immediately.
::Graham glanced round, startled by the voice behind him.
in or to many places or parts of an area
::Reggie went round making sure all the lights were off.
::Leah showed me round on my first day at the office.
::A guide took us round the palace and gardens.
::He spent a whole year travelling round Europe.
::She looked round the room as though leaving it for the last time.
::changes that are affecting the weather all round the world
moving in a circle
::She watched the clock hands go round.
::An aeroplane was circling round far overhead.
::Until the 16th century people believed that the sun went round the earth.
::He stared at the washing machine, just watching the clothes go round and round .
::a shoal of tiny fish swimming round in circles
informal if you go round to someone's house, you go to their house, usually to visit them
::I might go round to Nigel's this evening.
::He's invited us round for dinner.
::We'll be round (=will arrive) at seven.
to Other people or positions
::A big box of chocolates was handed round.
::He'd moved his furniture round.
on the Other side of something, or to the Other side of it without going through it or over it
::He ran round to open Kate's door for her.
::There must be another entrance round the back.
::I watched the two boys disappear round the corner .
round to
::She came round to his side of the desk.
in the area near a particular place
::Much of the countryside round Hinkley Point is given over to agriculture.
::Do you live round here ?
::He owned all the land round about (=in the surrounding area) .
round about
spoken informal also round
used when guessing a number, amount, time etc without being exact
-synonym approximately approximately
::We got there round about half past nine.
::He's round about the same age as my son.
::It must have been round midnight when I saw him.
used to show that someone spends time in a place without doing anything useful
::People were just standing round and not doing anything to help.
if something is organized round a particular person or thing, it is organized according to their needs, wishes, ideas etc
::Working from Home, she could arrange her hours round her children.
::He had built his whole existence round her.
a way round a difficult situation or problem is a way to solve it or avoid it
::She's going to have to buy a car. I can't see any Other way round it.
::strategies to get round (=solve) the problem
used to show the length of a line surrounding something
::The park was about five miles round.
-see also all round
-see also go round in circles at circle 1 (5)
-see also (a)round the clock at clock 1 (2)
-see also (just) around/round the corner at corner 1 (9)
-see also first/second time round at time 1 (3)
-see also way round at way 1 (24)

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