surrounding
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
surrounding
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, 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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Adjective[edit]
surrounding (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
which surrounds something
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References[edit]
- “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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