Roundup
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roundup is a noun meaning (US, agriculture) An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
Meaning
(US, agriculture) An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
More Meanings
- (law enforcement) The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
- The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
- The summary to a news bulletin.
- An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
- The finishing of an arrangement.
Example Sentences
Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place the previous fall.
The BBC is to launch its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question Time.\
Word Forms
- roundups
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rassemblement, round, tour, gathering, rally, synthesis.
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