all-round
Americanadjective
adjective
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efficient in all respects, esp in sport; versatile
an all-round player
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comprehensive; many-sided; not narrow
an all-round education
Example Sentences
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Amar Dedic: Another impressive all-round performance from the summer signing little more than a week-and-a-half into his Newcastle career.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Root's team have questions about an opener and wicketkeeper, a makeshift number three, no obvious all-round option and are without a world-class spinner.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It’s an all-round test of whether our asymmetric warfare meets real-world operational needs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Decades before coaches began to insist their players be 'multi-dimensional' cricketers rather than only contributing in one facet of the game, Sobers was the ultimate all-round sportsman.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction—indeed, in some sense was the destruction—of a hierarchical society.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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