surrounding
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.
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outlying area
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References edit
- “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.