surrounding
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]surrounding
- present participle and gerund of surround
Noun
[edit]surrounding (plural surroundings)
- An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
- An environment.
- 1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding[1], 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.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]outlying area
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References
[edit]- “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.