A. vs around

A.

adj
  • anterior 

  • amphibious 

  • avancé (fast) 

  • Asian 

  • asked 

  • Australian 

  • arterial 

  • alto 

  • auxiliary 

  • adjusted 

  • asymmetric 

  • accepted 

  • astragal 

  • American 

  • arctic 

  • approved 

  • atomic 

  • Absolute 

  • absent 

noun
  • apprentice 

  • absorbance; absorbancy 

  • accusative case 

  • amphibian 

  • attack 

  • August 

  • author 

  • automobile 

  • application 

  • Amos, the book of 

  • adjutant 

  • accumulator 

  • acre; acres 

  • Angstrom 

  • ana; anna 

  • April 

  • anode 

  • answer 

  • artificer 

  • air branch 

  • atomic weight 

  • associate; association 

  • academy; academician 

  • age; aged 

  • airman 

  • assault, as on a badge 

  • air 

  • administration 

  • admiral 

  • alfa 

  • amateur 

  • aqua 

  • annus (a year) 

  • Artillery 

  • amplitude 

  • absolute temperature 

  • address 

  • adult 

  • acid 

  • aircraft; airplane 

  • article 

  • Atlantic 

  • arctic 

  • army 

  • accommodation 

  • America; Americanization 

  • ambassador 

  • alto 

verb
  • Americanize 

  • admit 

prep
  • ante (before) 

  • at 

  • after 

adv
  • annō (in the year) 

around

adj
  • Present in the vicinity. 

  • Alive; existing. 

prep
  • Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something). 

  • At or to various places within. 

  • Centred upon; surrounding. 

  • Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point. 

  • Near; in the vicinity of. 

  • Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve. 

adv
  • Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people. 

  • So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction. 

  • From place to place. 

  • From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement. 

  • Nearly; approximately; about. 

  • So as to surround or be near. 

  • So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. 

  • Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity. 

How often have the words A. and around occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )