surrounding

[ suh-roun-ding ]

/ səˈraʊn dɪŋ /

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noun

something that surrounds.

surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings.

the act of encircling or enclosing.

adjective

enclosing or encircling.

being the environment or adjacent area.

Origin of surrounding

1400–50; late Middle English: inundation; see surround, -ing¹, -ing²

SYNONYMS FOR surrounding

2 See environment.

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Words nearby surrounding

surrogate, surrogate mother, surround, surround sound, surround theater, surrounding, surroundings, sursum corda, sursumduction, sursumvergence, sursumversion

Example sentences from the Web for surroundings

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But the truth is we both kinda … preach; and we both take in our surroundings and try to mirror it.

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Yet she could not have found a habitation and surroundings more perfectly suited to her wants and the mood she was in.

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But you must judge him only after you have considered his times, which were forty years ago, his surroundings, and his blood.

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It would amaze us to see the change in the life and surroundings of the feudal lords even in the years of William's minority.

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British Dictionary definitions for surroundings

surroundings

/ (səˈraʊndɪŋz) /

pl n

the conditions, scenery, etc, around a person, place, or thing; environment

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surrounding

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