plural of round
"The senior resident led the morning rounds by checking on each patient in the ward before breakfast."
The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in their homes according to a predetermined order.
In plain English: Rounds are groups of people who take turns doing something together, often by going around and visiting each person once before starting again from the beginning.
"The delivery driver made several rounds visiting each house on his route today."
Usage: In healthcare contexts, rounds refer specifically to the scheduled visits where physicians examine multiple patients sequentially rather than seeing them individually at one time. This term is often confused with general "rounds" meaning repeated cycles of an activity outside medicine, so context usually clarifies whether it describes a medical routine or any repetitive loop.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of round
"She rounds the corner quickly every morning."
In plain English: To round something means to make its edges smooth and curved instead of sharp or pointed.
"The mail carrier was rounding my house to deliver the packages."
A surname, from nicknames for a descendant of a round or fat person.
"The Mayor Rounds was known across town as a jovial and well-fed figure who often hosted lavish banquets."