surrounding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
• Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ing

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Verb

surrounding

1. present participle and gerund of surround

Translations

gerund of 'surround'

Greek: περιτριγύρισμα (el) n (peritrigýrisma)

Adjective

surrounding

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   Near-synonym: outlying

Translations

Translations

Dutch: aangrenzend (nl), omliggend (nl), naburig (nl) Esperanto: ĉirkaŭa Finnish: ympäröivä (fi) French: environnant (fr) Greek: περιβάλλων (el) (perivállon) Polish: okoliczny (pl), otaczający

Noun

surrounding (plural surroundings)

1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
2. An environment.
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 133:

     It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding.

   • 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) Malayalam: ചുറ്റുപാട് (ml) (cuṟṟupāṭŭ), പരിസരം (ml) (parisaraṁ) Spanish: periferia (es) f, rededor (es) m

References

• “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.