surrounding

suh-ROWN-ding/səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

Noun pluralsurroundings

3 meanings of surrounding

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of surround. Use it to say something is going all the way around something else.
The kids were surrounding the ice cream truck before it even stopped.
Surrounding the fire with stones keeps it from spreading.
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2
nouncountable
The land or space close to a place.
The park and its surroundings are clean and safe at night.
People from the surroundings of the town come to the market every week.
Similarenvirons, vicinity, neighborhood, outskirts
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3
nouncountable
Everything around a person or animal, such as the air, sounds, and buildings.
Like the water a fish swims in: it is all around you all the time.
The puppy felt safe in its warm, quiet surrounding.
Loud music made it hard to study, so she looked for quieter surroundings.
Similarenvironment, setting, milieu
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surrounding is a form of surround

surround, verb: To be all around something on every side. Full entry

Forms: surroundsurrounds he/she/itsurrounding -ing formsurrounded past tense, past participle
Spelling: surround → surrounding: add -ing

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