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surrounding en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (no-gloss) [no gloss]

Synonyms

circumambient

Translations (9)

nl naburig (Translations) · el περιβάλλων (Translations) · nl aangrenzend (Translations) · fr environnant (Translations) · eo ĉirkaŭa (Translations) · fi ympäröivä (Translations) · nl omliggend (Translations) · pl okoliczny (Translations) · pl otaczający (Translations)

surrounding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
  2. An environment.
    • 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. 1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding, page 50:
    • 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. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 133:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
surroundings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

periphery

Translations (19)

ka არემარე (outlying area) · he סְבִיבָה (outlying area) · ml ചുറ്റുപാട് (outlying area) · ml പരിസരം (outlying area) · it periferia (outlying area) · fi ympäristö (outlying area) · es rededor (outlying area) · ka მიმდებარე (outlying area) · ka ახლომდებარე (outlying area) · az ətraf (outlying area) · bg околност (outlying area) · ka მახლობელი (outlying area) · ka გარემომდებარე (outlying area) · ka გარემო (outlying area) · ka მიდამო (outlying area) · ka გარემომცველი არე (outlying area) · es periferia (outlying area) · fi lähiympäristö (outlying area) · de Umgebung (outlying area)

surrounding en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of surround
    form of surround

Translations (1)

el περιτριγύρισμα (gerund of 'surround')