surrounding
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
- Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ing
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Verb
surrounding
- present participle of surround
Noun
surrounding (plural surroundings)
- An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
- 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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Synonyms
- periphery
Translations
outlying area
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References
- “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.