Around about vs Roughly

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Around about

Top 2000 (courant)

Roughly

Top 2000 (courant) B2 adverb

	Around about	Roughly
Prononciation	🇬🇧 //əˈraʊnd əˈbaʊt// 🇺🇸 //əˈraʊnd əˈbaʊt//	🇬🇧 /["/ˈrʌfli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈrʌfli/"]/
Sens	Approximativement ou à peu près. Approximately or roughly.	Environ, pas exactement Approximately, not exactly
Exemple	The meeting will start at around about 3 PM.	Sales are up by roughly 10 per cent.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Top 2000 (courant)	Top 2000 (courant)
Niveau CEFR	-	B2
Nature grammaticale		adverb
Collocations	around about five, around about a week, around about the same time	roughly speaking, roughly estimated, roughly the same, roughly translates
Antonymes	exactly, precisely	exactly, precisely
Erreurs fréquentes	Confused with 'around' or 'about' alone., Used in overly formal contexts., 'Around about' not followed by a number for estimates.	Used in place of 'exactly' or 'precisely'., Incorrectly placed at the end of the sentence., Confused with 'rough' as an adjective.
Notes d'usage	Utilisé dans des contextes informels pour indiquer une estimation de temps ou de distance. À éviter dans l'écriture formelle. Used in informal contexts to indicate an estimate of time or distance. Avoid in formal writing.	Utilise 'grosso modo' ou 'environ' quand tu veux donner une estimation. C'est assez neutre, mais évite dans un contexte très formel. Use 'roughly' when you want to give an estimate or approximation. It’s neutral and suitable for most contexts, but avoid in very formal writing.

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Agent Carter › S1 E1

Mr. Jarvis, do you think you could bring the car around? Oh, in about 20 seconds.

between the old man and his son around about, uh, 7:00 that night?

Agent Carter › S1 E1

Mr. Jarvis, do you think you could bring the car around? Oh, in about 20 seconds.

between the old man and his son around about, uh, 7:00 that night?

Around about

Questions fréquentes : Around about vs Roughly

Quelle est la différence entre Around about et Roughly ?

Around about: Approximately or roughly. Roughly: Approximately, not exactly

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

Around about: The meeting will start at around about 3 PM. Roughly: Sales are up by roughly 10 per cent.

Puis-je utiliser Around about et Roughly de façon interchangeable ?

Pas toujours. Around about et Roughly sont proches et se recoupent parfois, mais elles diffèrent par le registre, la fréquence et l'usage, donc remplacer l'une par l'autre peut changer le sens ou le ton. Regarde les différences ci-dessus avant de substituer.