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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
- Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ing
Verb
surrounding
- present participle and gerund 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.
Synonyms
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) (parisaraṁ)
- Spanish: periferia (es) f, rededor (es) m
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