What does "surrounding" mean?

An outlying area; area in proximity to something.

How do you pronounce "surrounding"?

Pronounced //səˈɹaʊndɪŋ//.

Common synonyms include: about, about origin rotation phrase, abutting, adjacent, adjacent, adjoining.

/səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
2
An environment.
"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."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of surround form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

"For three hundred years they have farmed the surrounding land."