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  • IPA(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ing
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Verb

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surrounding

  1. present participle and gerund of surround

Noun

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surrounding (plural surroundings)

  1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
  2. An environment.
    • 1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding[1], page 50:
      They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.

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