ROUND UP Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈrau̇nd-ˌəp

Definition of roundup

as in summary

a short statement of the main points I can't read 500 pages by tomorrow, so just give me the roundup

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round up

2 of 2

verb

as in to collect

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

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Noun

Here’s a roundup of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026 Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, HOA clubhouses, golf courses, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a public restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

Verb

The money comes from a $250 million trust fund set up by the Legislature to help cover the expenses incurred by law enforcement agencies working to meet a new state mandate to assist the federal government in rounding up and deporting immigrants. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 The normally prickly and unsympathetic Harriet Oleson (Katherine MacGregor) switches gears into hero mode, rounding up the town's men to scour the countryside for the children who've become trapped. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for roundup

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Noun

In a summary docket entry last week, first reported by Reason magazine, Barber sided with the Post.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

Definition of summary

Verb

The launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base is the first phase in a constellation called FireSat that will eventually cover the globe with 50 satellites collecting high-resolution imagery of fires and conditions on the ground every 20 minutes.

— Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
By June, almost half of Emirati crude shipments were sailing on vessels controlled by Sinokor, according to ship tracking data collected by analytics firm Vortexa.

— Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of collect

Verb

Once the excitement had died down, the team gathered in a circle and a player went up to Haaland, grabbed the back of his neck and kissed his cheek.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026
He was surrounded by beige pleather armchairs gathered around low tables adorned with silk flowers.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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In one experiment, participants who assembled furniture themselves were willing to pay 63% more for it than participants who received the same item preassembled.

— Julia Dhar, Time, 11 July 2026
Each vehicle takes about 900 hours of labor to assemble, all of which is done by hand.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of assemble

Verb

Garbrandt was hurt, the follow-up shots were landing flush, and the wave-off came before real damage accumulated.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
According to testimony from Schettino and those who knew him, obtained by Reuters, the captain had accumulated three decades at sea, including work on oil tankers and passenger cruise liners.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026

Definition of accumulate

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In their Two Marines Substack newsletter, Lee and Putiata describe Drone Line, a concept that grouped Russian drone units by depth behind the front rather than attaching them to individual brigades.

— David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
But researchers like me are tackling the problem by studying mixtures that reflect real-world exposures and grouping chemicals with similar biological effects.

— Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Definition of group

Verb

Cancro’s brother John Cancro received about $21 million in compensation over the same period and brother-in-law Daniel Powers amassed more than $31 million from fiscal 2024 to 2025.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Other season eight episodes amassed 515 million minutes; the remainder of the weekly total was for past seasons, including three pre-Peacock runs that stream on Disney+ and Paramount+.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

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