ROUNDS UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

rounds up

verb

present tense third-person singular of round up

as in assembles

to bring together in one body or place rounded everyone up for one final training session

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Recent Examples of rounds up From creamy caramel gradients to swirled marble designs, InStyle rounds up 11 manicures inspired by the cozy fall drink. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 16 Oct. 2026 For the latest installment of Vogue’s Required Reading series, Hoover rounds up some of the books that most inspired her own work—Verity in particular—from romances to thrillers and beyond. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 Related Articles Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Book From art book publisher, Taschen, the two-volume catalog rounds up many of the Lucas Museum’s most important pieces, from paintings and illustrations, to comics, photography and cinematic archives. — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026 Today’s newsletter rounds up stories about how relationships of all kinds can influence your personality. — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026 That rounds up robot lawnmowers, sidewalk delivery robots, many warehouse automation machines—and even Roombas. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026 Additional conflicts may arise in jurisdictions that prohibit cash customers from paying more than customers using other payment methods, a rule symmetric rounding can violate when a cash total rounds up. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Vulture podcast critic Nicholas Quah rounds up the year’s best and most interesting podcasts, with an eye toward illustrating broader shifts in the new-media landscape. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

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Simpler battery packs lower costs The company buys battery cells and assembles its own packs rather than manufacturing the cells themselves.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
His team then assembles mood boards using references from films, music videos and other media before developing sketches and finalizing designs.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembles

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This collects about 8,000 original documents and other elements linked to the house’s perfume and beauty archives, totaling about 5 percent of its full collection.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
After a dietary supplement goes to market, the FDA periodically inspects its manufacturing facilities and collects and tests some products.

— Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of collects

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An agent that gathers records or checks for required information may operate with limited intervention.

— Heather Bassett, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
When a storm, usually fed by unusually warm water, suddenly gathers a lot of strength, sustaining winds that increase in speed by at least 35 mph (56 kph) in 24 hours, it is called rapid intensification.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of gathers

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Speakers noted the Republican nominee's oil and gas investments as the energy sector amasses profits while the Iran war drives up fuel costs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Kang amasses writings from over the course of her career, beginning with her Nobel lecture and reaching deep into her life’s documents, with diaries, poems, and photographs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026

Definition of amasses

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The descent into crisis-club territory usually happens by degrees, a malaise that accumulates slowly as one poor performance follows another.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
This creates a point in the circular segment where tension accumulates, which in turn leads to the formation of a pointed edge.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of accumulates

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But the more underrated value lies in the harness that corrals that intelligence to achieve specific business outcomes.

— Don Schuerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of corrals

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Defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman’s unit has stepped up when needed, and all while the offense garners most of the headlines.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
All the while, #witchtok garners millions of posts, and there’s no shortage of flash sales for love spells – or curses.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

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