# surroundings

Pronunciation: say "suh-ROWN-dingz" /səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/

## Noun

1. The area around someone or something, including the nearby objects and conditions that make up the environment.
   - Simple: The place around you, including the things and conditions nearby.
   - _Moving to a quieter town, she found her new surroundings calming after years in the city._
   - _The architect designed the museum to blend into its natural surroundings._
2. Plural of surrounding. — plural of surrounding
   - Simple: Plural of surrounding. It usually means the place and things around someone or something.
   - _The old house and its surroundings were sold at auction._
   - _Photographers love the dramatic surroundings of the canyon._
3. In thermodynamics, all parts of the universe lying outside the particular system being studied.
   - Simple: In science, everything outside the system you are studying.
   - _When the gas expands, it does work on its surroundings._
   - _Energy lost by the system is gained by the surroundings._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/surroundings (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).