roundup Definition
round·up (ro̵und′up′)
noun
- ☆
- the act of driving cattle, etc. together on the range and collecting them in a herd, as for branding, inspection, or shipping
- the herd of cattle, etc. thus collected
- the cowboys, horses, etc. that do this work
- ☆ any similar driving together, collecting, or gathering a roundup of suspected persons
- ☆ a summary, as of information, news, etc.
roundup Synonyms
roundup Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- blogs: There are several reasons why I think it's time to start a roundup of Scottish blogs.
- news: We begin with a roundup of news from user groups around the UK.
- story: The Wild Rose Roundup contains a roundup of flood stories.
- item: There is also a roundup of news items from across the Web.
- development: Responses to Tomlinson and Smith appear, together with a roundup of developments at QCA, and commentaries on these.
Converse of object
- start: There are several reasons why I think it's time to start a roundup of Scottish blogs.
- have: Mo-toon news roundup at the Brussels Journal The Brussels Journal has a useful roundup of Mo-toon news.
Adjective modifier
- weekly: On Thursday we feature our weekly roundup of " What's New " on the website.
- quick: Hard World A quick roundup of the two main PC chip manufacturers.
- daily: For daily gambling news roundups, visit our sister site Gambling Talk.
- monthly: Welcome to our monthly roundup of the goings on in the Science Line office.
- brief: Business brief roundup - Birmingham News Business brief roundup Birmingham News, AL - 14 hours ago.. .
- late: Find out who would be worth such an injury in the latest rumor roundup!
Modifies a noun
No.: June 2006 China Labor Bulletin weekly roundup No. 11,Friday, 16.
Noun used with modifier
- britblog: Tim Worstall said, on August 6th, 2006 at 1:13 pm Britblog Roundup # 77 Welcome back.
- gambling: Early morning gambling news roundup Why German team is full of confidence.
- herbicide: For example, Monsanto has created a strain of soybeans genetically modified to be not affected by their herbicide product Roundup ® 6.
- news: HIV news roundup November 20th 2005, 15:00 Affect of HIV on spread of avian flu.
- week: Genette Hi Becky, I nominated this for tim w's best of the week roundup - hope you don't mind!
- pm: Tim Worstall said, on August 6th, 2006 at 1:13 pm Britblog Roundup # 77 Welcome back.
Browse dictionary entries near roundup
- ‹ roundsman
- ‹ roundness
- ‹ roundly
- ‹ roundlet
- ‹ roundish
- ‹ roundhouse
- ‹ roundheel
- ‹ Roundhead
- ‹ rounder
- ‹ roundelay
- roundworm ›
- roup ›
- Rous ›
- Rous, Sir Stanley ›
- rouse ›
- rousing ›
- Rousseau ›
- Rousseau,JeanJacques ›
- Roussillon ›
- roust ›

