round up

radunare, raccogliere

Trovare persone o cose e riunirle in uno stesso posto.

In inglese semplice: To find and bring people or things together in one place.

• Let’s round up some volunteers.
• She rounded up enough chairs for everyone.
• Can you round the team up before lunch?

Come si usa: round someone/something up (Can you round everyone up for the meeting?)

Sinonimi: gather, collect, assemble

Contrari: scatter

Espressioni comuni: round up volunteers, round up something, round up everyone

arrotondare per eccesso

Portare un numero a un valore più alto e più semplice, di solito intero.

In inglese semplice: To change a number to a higher, simpler number, usually a whole number.

• Round up 4.2 to 5.
• We rounded the price up to ten euros.
• Should I round this amount up to the nearest hundred?

Come si usa: round something up to a number (Round the total up to twenty pounds.)

Sinonimi: aggregate, bracket, aggroup, collect

Contrari: round down

Espressioni comuni: round up something, round up prices, round up totals

radunare il bestiame

Riunire gli animali da allevamento in un posto, spesso girando loro intorno e guidandoli.

In inglese semplice: To bring farm animals together, often by moving around them and guiding them to one place.

• We need to round up the sheep.
• The riders rounded up the cattle.
• Her dog helps her round the animals up.

Come si usa: round animals up (The farmer rounded the sheep up before dark.)

Sinonimi: herd, gather

Espressioni comuni: round up cattle, round up sheep, round up livestock

rastrellare, arrestare in massa

Arrestare o trattenere un intero gruppo di persone, spesso perché appartengono a quel gruppo.

In inglese semplice: To arrest or hold a whole group of people, often because they belong to that group.

• Police rounded up dozens of protesters.
• The soldiers rounded up every man in the village.
• Members of the minority group were rounded up without evidence.

Come si usa: round people up (Soldiers rounded the villagers up and held them overnight.)

Sinonimi: arrest, detain

Contrari: release

Espressioni comuni: round up suspects, round up protesters, round up people