round up

• Verbo compuesto que se usa para reunir a personas, animales o cosas en un solo lugar, o para redondear un número al valor entero más cercano.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Gather people or thingsinformal

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

   Reunir o juntar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosassemblecollectcorralgatherherdmarshalmusterrally

   Antónimosdispersescatterseparate

2. formal

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

   Redondear al alza

   • 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.

   Antónimosround downtruncate

3. Capture or arrestinformal

   To find and capture people, especially criminals or suspects.

   Capturar o arrestar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosapprehendarrestcapturecatchcollardetainnabseize

   Antónimosfreerelease

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