Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Surrounding

Sur-round′ing

,
Adj.
Inclosing; encircling.

Sur-round′ing

,
Noun.
1.
An encompassing.
2.
pl.
The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

Webster 1828 Edition


Surrounding

SURROUND'ING

,
ppr.
Encompassing; inclosing; lying on all sides of.

Definition 2024


surrounding

surrounding

English

Verb

surrounding

  1. present participle of surround

Noun

surrounding (plural surroundings)

  1. An outlaying area; area in proximity to something
  2. An environment
    • 1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding, 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.

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

surrounding (not comparable)

  1. which surrounds something

Translations