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roundup Definition

round·up (ro̵undup′)

noun

    1. the act of driving cattle, etc. together on the range and collecting them in a herd, as for branding, inspection, or shipping
    2. the herd of cattle, etc. thus collected
    3. the cowboys, horses, etc. that do this work
  1. ☆ any similar driving together, collecting, or gathering a roundup of suspected persons
  2. ☆ a summary, as of information, news, etc.

roundup Synonyms

roundup

n.

gathering, corralling, herding, wrangling, assembly; see also collection 1.

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.

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