surrounding

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ing
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Verb

surrounding

  1. present participle of surround

Noun

surrounding (plural surroundings)

  1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something
  2. An environment
    • 1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding, page 50:
      They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.

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Adjective

surrounding (not comparable)

  1. which surrounds something

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