- Exploratory - First round: a nip, merrily - First-round - Groundwork - Introductory - Preface featured incorrect primary line - Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse
or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or
book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures;
preliminary examinations.
- Attack (of flu) - Boxing match - Contest - First batter dismissed in session - Round - As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and
returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. - A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything;
as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.
- Ring-shaped - Round - In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round. - repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the
point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular
reasoning. - Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence,
mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. - Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a
common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a
circular letter. - Perfect; complete.