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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•round•ing /səˈraʊndɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] something that surrounds.
- surroundings, [plural] things, circumstances, conditions, etc., that form one's environment:In such surroundings, how could he hope to live a normal life?
adj. [before a noun] - enclosing or encircling:snow in the city and the surrounding suburbs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•round•ing (sə roun′ding),USA pronunciation n. - something that surrounds.
- surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.;
environment:He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings. - the act of encircling or enclosing.
adj. - enclosing or encircling.
- being the environment or adjacent area.
- 1400–50; late Middle English: inundation; see surround, -ing1, -ing2
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . See environment.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•round /səˈraʊnd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to enclose on all sides;
encircle:The presidential candidate was surrounded by admirers. - to enclose so as to cut off communication or retreat:The troops surrounded the village.
- to exist around or accompany;
attend:An aura of mystery surrounds her. - to cause to be enclosed, encircled, or attended:He surrounded himself with friends.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•round (sə round′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to enclose on all sides;
encompass:She was surrounded by reporters. - to form an enclosure round;
encircle:A stone wall surrounds the estate. - to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.
n. - Architecturesomething that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space:a tile surround for the shower stall.
- environment or setting:The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant.
- Sport[Hunting.]
- a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible.
- the act of hunting by this means.
- the location encircled by hunters using this means.
- Late Latin superundāre to overflow, equivalent. to Latin super- super- + undāre to flood, derivative of unda wave (see undulate); current spelling, spelled by analysis as sur-1 + round1 (verb, verbal)
- Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder
- late Middle English surounden to inundate, submerge 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: surround /səˈraʊnd/ vb (transitive)- to encircle or enclose or cause to be encircled or enclosed
- to deploy forces on all sides of (a place or military formation), so preventing access or retreat
- to exist around: I dislike the people who surround her
n - chiefly Brit a border, esp the area of uncovered floor between the walls of a room and the carpet or around an opening or panel
- chiefly US a method of capturing wild beasts by encircling the area in which they are believed to be
- the area so encircled
Etymology: 15th Century surrounden to overflow, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre, from Latin super- + undāre to abound, from unda a wavesurˈrounding adj |