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surrounding

  • noun
  • sur·round·ing
  • /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

An outlying area; area in proximity to something.

Other meanings

  1. An environment.

Example sentences

  • “Cults isolate people from the surrounding world.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “surrounding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.