noun
Meaning 1
An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
surrounding
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Pronunciation
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/səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aʊndɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
An environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of surround
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: aangrenzend — Translations
- Dutch: omliggend — Translations
- Dutch: naburig — Translations
- Esperanto: ĉirkaŭa — Translations
- Finnish: ympäröivä — Translations
- French: environnant — Translations
- Greek: περιβάλλων (perivállon) — Translations
- Polish: okoliczny — Translations
- Polish: otaczający — Translations
- Azerbaijani: ətraf — outlying area
- Bulgarian: околност (okolnost) — outlying area
- Finnish: ympäristö — outlying area
- Finnish: lähiympäristö — outlying area
- Georgian: არემარე (aremare) — outlying area
- Georgian: მიდამო (midamo) — outlying area
- Georgian: გარემო (garemo) — outlying area
- Georgian: გარემომცველი არე (garemomcveli are) — outlying area
- Georgian: გარემომდებარე (garemomdebare) — outlying area
- Georgian: მიმდებარე (mimdebare) — outlying area
- Georgian: ახლომდებარე (axlomdebare) — outlying area
- Georgian: მახლობელი (maxlobeli) — outlying area
- German: Umgebung — outlying area
- Hebrew: סְבִיבָה (svivá) — outlying area
- Italian: periferia — outlying area
- Malayalam: ചുറ്റുപാട് (cuṟṟupāṭŭ) — outlying area
- Malayalam: പരിസരം (parisaraṁ) — outlying area
- Spanish: periferia — outlying area
- Spanish: rededor — outlying area
- Greek: περιτριγύρισμα (peritrigýrisma) — gerund of 'surround'
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