"surrounding" meaning in English

See surrounding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-surrounding.ogg Forms: surroundings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} surrounding (plural surroundings)
  1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something. Translations (outlying area): ətraf (Azerbaijani), околност (okolnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ympäristö (Finnish), lähiympäristö (Finnish), არემარე (aremare) (Georgian), მიდამო (midamo) (Georgian), გარემო (garemo) (Georgian), გარემომცველი არე (garemomcveli are) (Georgian), გარემომდებარე (garemomdebare) (Georgian), მიმდებარე (mimdebare) (Georgian), ახლომდებარე (axlomdebare) (Georgian), მახლობელი (maxlobeli) (Georgian), Umgebung [feminine] (German), סְבִיבָה (svivá) [feminine] (Hebrew), periferia (Italian), ചുറ്റുപാട് (cuṟṟupāṭŭ) (Malayalam), പരിസരം (parisaraṁ) (Malayalam), periferia [feminine] (Spanish), rededor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-surrounding-en-noun-ygcSVQmP Disambiguation of 'outlying area': 99 1
  2. An environment.
    Sense id: en-surrounding-en-noun-mjtX0LB4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 50 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 53 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 62 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 74 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 69 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 15 71 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 73 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 14 73 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 76 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: periphery

Verb

IPA: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-surrounding.ogg
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} surrounding
  1. present participle and gerund of surround Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: surround
    Sense id: en-surrounding-en-verb-ObdFM0Vp

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "outlying area",
          "word": "მახლობელი"
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          "text": "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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      "sense": "outlying area",
      "word": "არემარე"
    },
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      "sense": "outlying area",
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      "roman": "garemo",
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      "word": "გარემომცველი არე"
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      "word": "გარემომდებარე"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mimdebare",
      "sense": "outlying area",
      "word": "მიმდებარე"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "word": "ახლომდებარე"
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      "word": "მახლობელი"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "outlying area",
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