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Definition

To be alive, existent, or present.

To be near; to socialize with.

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In Context

  • "I'll be around for another hour or so."
  • "This restaurant has been around since 1938."
  • "The article said that dinos were around for about 250 million years."
  • "Well, sir, you remember this young Georgie sort of disappeared, after his grandfather's death, and nobody seemed to know much what had become of him—though I did hear, once or twice, that he was still around somewhere."
  • "The New York-style hot dog I love has been around for well over a hundred years."
  • "You're fun to be around."
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