Around vs Around about

Quand utiliser chacun en anglais, avec le sens, le registre et des exemples.

Around

Top 1000 (très courant) A1 preposition

Around about

Top 2000 (courant)

Le plus courant: Around

	Around	Around about
Prononciation	🇬🇧 /["/əˈraʊnd/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/əˈraʊnd/"]/	🇬🇧 //əˈraʊnd əˈbaʊt// 🇺🇸 //əˈraʊnd əˈbaʊt//
Sens	Dans un mouvement circulaire ; à proximité in a circular direction; nearby	Approximativement ou à peu près. Approximately or roughly.
Exemple	The house is built around a central courtyard.	The meeting will start at around about 3 PM.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Top 1000 (très courant)	Top 2000 (courant)
Niveau CEFR	A1	-
Nature grammaticale	preposition
Collocations	look around, turn around, walk around, get around, set around	around about five, around about a week, around about the same time
Antonymes	away, outside	exactly, precisely
Erreurs fréquentes	'Around' confused with 'around about' (wrong context)., Using 'around' when only specifying one direction., Omitting the preposition when combined with a location.	Confused with 'around' or 'about' alone., Used in overly formal contexts., 'Around about' not followed by a number for estimates.
Notes d'usage	On utilise 'around' pour décrire un mouvement circulaire ou une localisation proche de quelque chose. À éviter dans des contextes très formels. Use 'around' to describe movement in a circular way or location close to something. Avoid it in highly formal contexts.	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.

Vois-le dans de vrais extraits

Breaking Bad › S1 E5

and lie around, too tired to get up,

One, two, three, four, five... so on, around the table.

Breaking Bad › S1 E3

you from around town here or someplace else?

Breaking Bad › S1 E5

and lie around, too tired to get up,

One, two, three, four, five... so on, around the table.

Around

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 vs Around about

Quelle est la différence entre Around et Around about ?

Around: in a circular direction; nearby Around about: Approximately or roughly.

Lequel est le plus courant : Around et Around about ?

Around est le plus courant dans l'anglais de tous les jours.

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

Around: The house is built around a central courtyard. Around about: The meeting will start at around about 3 PM.

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

Pas toujours. Around et Around about 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.