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)
• Spanish: periferia (es) f, rededor m

Adjective

surrounding (not comparable)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) which surrounds something

Translations

which surrounds something

• Bulgarian: заобикалящ (bg) (zaobikaljašt)
• Catalan: circumdant
• Danish: omkringliggende
• Dutch: omliggend (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭa
• Finnish: ympäröivä (fi)
• Georgian: გარემომცველი (garemomcveli)
• German: umliegend (de)

• Hungarian: környező (hu), körülvevő
• Italian: circostante (it)
• Kazakh: қоршаған (qorşağan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omkringliggende

• Polish: otaczający
• Spanish: alrededor de (es), derredor, circundante (es)
• Swedish: kringliggande (sv)

References

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