round up

• Partikelverb, das das Zusammentreiben von Personen, Tieren oder Dingen bezeichnet oder das Aufrunden einer Zahl auf den nächsten ganzzahligen Wert.

A phrasal verb used to indicate gathering people, animals, or things together, or increasing a number to the nearest whole figure.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Gather people or thingsinformal

   To collect or bring together people, animals, or objects into one place.

   Zusammentreiben

   • The teacher rounded up the students for the field trip.
   • We need to round up all the supplies before the event.
   • The cowboys rounded up the cattle in the field.

   Synonymeassemblecollectcorralgatherherdmarshalmusterrally

   Antonymedispersescatterseparate

2. formal

   To increase a number to the nearest whole number or higher value.

   Aufrunden

   • Round up the total to the nearest dollar.
   • The calculator rounded up 3.14 to 4.
   • When calculating the bill, they rounded up the amount.

   Antonymeround downtruncate

3. Capture or arrestinformal

   To find and capture people, especially criminals or suspects.

   Festnehmen

   • The police rounded up the suspects after the robbery.
   • They rounded up the escaped prisoners within hours.
   • The authorities rounded up the gang members in a raid.

   Synonymeapprehendarrestcapturecatchcollardetainnabseize

   Antonymefreerelease

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