all-round

alternative Canada US all-around

1. Having a wide scope, comprehensive.

   Communism requires conditions in which men are not restricted to a particular type of work, but can take part successively in all types and thus achieve all-round development.

   1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 159

   Synonyms: comprehensive

2. Having many skills, versatile.First known use 1867

   While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.

   2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: all-around, well-rounded, versatile

3. All around, in every surrounding place.

   Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.

   1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21