Surrounding

//səˈɹaʊndɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
  2. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of surround form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    closely encircling wordnet

Synonyms

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aboutabuttingadjacentadjoiningambientaround

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

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