round up

• Verbo frasal usado para reunir pessoas, animais ou coisas, ou para arredondar um número para o valor inteiro mais próximo.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Gather people or thingsinformal

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

   Reunir

   • 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.

   Sinônimosassemblecollectcorralgatherherdmarshalmusterrally

   Antônimosdispersescatterseparate

2. formal

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

   Arredondar para cima

   • 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.

   Antônimosround downtruncate

3. Capture or arrestinformal

   To find and capture people, especially criminals or suspects.

   Prender

   • 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.

   Sinônimosapprehendarrestcapturecatchcollardetainnabseize

   Antônimosfreerelease

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