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.

Synonyms

• periphery

Translations

outlying area

• Azerbaijani: ətraf (az)
• Bulgarian: околност (bg) f (okolnost)
• Finnish: ympäristö (fi), lähiympäristö (fi)
• Georgian: არემარე (aremare), მიდამო (midamo), გარემო (garemo), გარემომცველი არე (garemomcveli are), გარემომდებარე (garemomdebare), მიმდებარე (mimdebare), ახლომდებარე (axlomdebare), მახლობელი (maxlobeli)
• German: Umgebung (de) f
• Hebrew: סְבִיבָה‎ (he) f (svivá)
• Italian: periferia (it)
• Malayalam: ചുറ്റുപാട് (ml) (cuṟṟupāṭŭ), പരിസരം (ml) (parisaraṃ)
• Spanish: periferia (es) f, rededor (es) m

References

• “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.