round off
Make numbers simpler
Round off means to adjust a number to a nearby convenient value, typically eliminating decimal places or reaching a round number: Round off to the nearest ten.
It also means to complete or conclude something satisfyingly: A glass of port rounded off the meal.
The phrase suggests smoothing edges—whether numerical precision or the final touches on an experience.
Complete and conclude
- finishBring to completion
- endFinal portion or cessation
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- wind upReach a final state
close out · finalize · terminate · culminate · tie up · settle · adjourn · call it a day
Informed guess at quantity
- truncateCut off abruptly
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- rough outCreate preliminary version
quantify · decimal places · significant figures · whole number · imprecise · inexact
wrap up
Complete and conclude
wind up · close out · finalize · terminate · culminate · tie up · settle · adjourn · call it a day · put to bed
estimate
Informed guess at quantity
- truncateCut off abruptly
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
rough out · quantify · decimal places · significant figures · whole number · imprecise · inexact
bevel
Sloped edge or cut
sand down · buff · curve · contour · radius · fillet · dull · deburr · shape