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Webster 1913 Edition
Surrounding
Sur-round′ing
,Adj.
Inclosing; encircling.
Sur-round′ing
,Noun.
1.
An encompassing.
2.
pl.
The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.
Webster 1828 Edition
Surrounding
SURROUND'ING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
surrounding
surrounding
English
Verb
surrounding
- present participle of surround
Noun
surrounding (plural surroundings)
- An outlaying 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.
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Synonyms
Translations
outlaying area
Adjective
surrounding (not comparable)
- which surrounds something
Translations
which surrounds something
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