round off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer l'achèvement ou la fin de quelque chose de manière satisfaisante ou soignée, souvent en ajoutant un dernier détail.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of completing or finishing something in a satisfactory or neat way, often by adding a final detail.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Finish or completeinformal

   To finish something in a satisfying or suitable way.

   Terminer ou compléter

   • We rounded off the evening with a glass of wine.
   • She rounded off her speech with a famous quote.
   • The concert was rounded off by a spectacular fireworks display.

   Synonymescapclimaxcompleteconcludecrownendfinishtop off

   Antonymesbegincommencestart

2. Make smooth or less sharpformal

   To make the edges or corners of something smooth or curved.

   arrondir, adoucir

   • He used a file to round off the sharp edges of the metal.
   • The carpenter rounded off the corners of the table.
   • You should round off the ends of the wire to prevent injury.

   Synonymesbevelchamfercurveroundsmooth

3. formal

   To change a number to the nearest whole number or a specified decimal place.

   Arrondir un nombre

   • Please round off the total to the nearest dollar.
   • The teacher asked us to round off the answer to two decimal places.
   • When calculating, it's common to round off large numbers.

   Synonymesapproximateround

Verbe de baseround