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surroundings' - 2 dictionary results

sur⋅round⋅ing

[suh-roun-ding]
–noun
1. something that surrounds.
2. surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings.
3. the act of encircling or enclosing.
–adjective
4. enclosing or encircling.
5. being the environment or adjacent area.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME: inundation; see surround, -ing 1 , -ing 2


2. See environment.
sur·round·ings   (sə-roun'dĭngz)   
pl.n.  The external circumstances, conditions, and objects that affect existence and development; the environment.
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