rounds (off or out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of round (off or out)
1
as in ends
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point I'll round off the meeting here and let everyone get an early start on the weekend

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2
as in complements
to serve as a completing element to coffee and dessert rounded out the meal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounds (off or out)
  1. ends
  2. complements
  3. finishes
  4. adorns
  5. concludes
  6. decorates
  7. winds up
  8. completes
Verb
  • Those hoping the Iran war ends soon currently face disappointment.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Clarify the roles, choose a timeline, and schedule the next check-in before the conversation ends.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of ends
Verb
  • Huffman says Hale Navy complements many popular design elements from warm woods to natural stone and multiple finishes like brass, polished nickel, and black.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The bar program complements this fusion, offering cocktails like the Lima, which pairs Peruvian pisco with local Sóller lemons.
    — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of complements
Verb
  • Reid will serve more as the hold-up striker who runs the point on the press and finishes chances in the box.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If the outside begins to darken too quickly, loosely tenting the meat with foil can help slow the browning while the center finishes cooking.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of finishes
Verb
  • The story of Sue and Ron Wilson's life together, happily spanning 60 years, adorns their apartment.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Being the kind of person who adorns themselves compulsively opens you up to a slew of corny metaphors that, against your will, feel deeply relevant to you.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of adorns
Verb
  • Three-quarters of the way through an all-in-all pretty thrilling Reacher season, a picaresque episode introduces still another villain and concludes on a particularly dire cliffhanger.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • His departure concludes one of the most successful coaching tenures in junior college football history.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of concludes
Verb
  • The print decorates a semi-sheer collarless evening jacket, an ideal day-to-night piece, according to Brock.
    — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
  • The painting that decorates the ceiling, Apollo Slaying the Serpent Python, was created by the artist Eugène Delacroix.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026
Definition of decorates
Verb
  • The train winds up Michigan’s west coast, offering brief but sweeping views of Lake Michigan and bisecting lush, Midwestern farmland dotted with trees resplendent in their autumn wardrobes.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In any event, there’s difficult-to-imitate value in how Planet of the Apes begins as a simple adventure film and winds up touching upon issues of prejudice, social inequality, and nuclear annihilation.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of winds up
Verb
  • Once the firm completes the second modular part and integrates the two units, the crane will reach its full 14,000-ton lifting capacity.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Divya Dutta completes the principal trio, with Sukant Goel also in the cast.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of completes
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“Rounds (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounds%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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