in the round

With the audience sitting on every side of the stage.

• The play is performed in the round.
• Actors must face different directions when working in the round.
• We watched a production in the round, with seats on every side.

Common phrases: theatre in the round, perform in the round, staged in the round

Made as a complete solid figure that you can view from all sides, without a background attached.

• This statue is carved in the round.
• She prefers sculpture in the round to figures carved into flat panels.
• Visitors can walk around the bronze figures made in the round.

Opposites: in relief

Common phrases: sculpture in the round, carve in the round, model in the round

Knitted with circular needles to make a tube of fabric.

• Knit the sleeve in the round.
• She made the hat in the round using circular needles.
• Have you tried knitting in the round before?

Opposites: flat

Common phrases: knit in the round, worked in the round, knitting in the round

Considering every part or side of something, rather than just one detail.

• We must consider the evidence in the round.
• The biography presents her character in the round.
• Seen in the round, the policy has both strengths and weaknesses.

Similar words: as a whole, from all angles, fully

Common phrases: consider in the round, assess in the round, seen in the round

With people or things placed in a circle.

• We sat in the round.
• The teacher arranged the chairs in the round for our discussion.
• Everyone could see each other because we were seated in the round.

Similar words: in a circle

Common phrases: sit in the round, seated in the round, arranged in the round