surrounding

Speech parts

1. surrounding - Noun

2. surrounding - Adjective

3. surrounding - Verb

5. surrounding - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Surround

Inclosing; encircling.

An encompassing.

The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

encompassing circumferent peri about local around near annular environment round border setting contained wall background
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Antonyms

away despite baring completely directly closely
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Phrases with the word

gases surrounding astronomical body courtyard surrounding a house surrounding area surrounding sounds areas surrounding land surrounding a house

Examples

encompassing mountain ranges Source: Internet

the surrounding countryside Source: Internet

About 50 percent of the people in the surrounding area work at the prison, and the ones that live in Oakdale, they go to work, and then they go home and back into the community, go to stores, that kind of thing. Source: Internet

1924 Olympics seeAlso The film takes some liberties with the events at the 1924 Olympics, including the events surrounding Liddell's refusal to race on a Sunday. Source: Internet

1940s In 1942, nuclear fusion research was subsumed into the Manhattan Project when the secrecy surrounding the field obscured by the science. Source: Internet

A 24-hour shut-down was enforced at Salt Beach and the beaches surrounding it for the safety of swimmers and surfers, police said. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

surrounded plot surroundedness surrounder surrounding area surrounding seaside surrounding sounds