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The correct spelling is rounding.
How to pronounce rounding
verb
IPA: /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
Say it like: Row-ndi-ng
The correct spelling is rounding. To shape something into a curve. For example: "The carpenter rounded the edges of the table."
Usage Examples
“The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.”
“She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.”
“Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To shape something into a curve.
- 2.To become shaped into a curve.
- 3.(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
- 4.To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- 5.To turn past a boundary.
noun
- 1.The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
- 2.The numerical value obtained by this process.
- 3.The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
- 4.A rounded surface; a curve.
- 5.In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.
adjective
- 1.Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
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