surrounding
Meaning of surrounding
- all round a particular place or thing.
Cardiff and the surrounding area
- be all round (someone or something).
the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens
he loves to surround himself with family and friends
late Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. Current senses of the noun date from the late 19th century.
Information about surrounding
- The plural form of surrounding is: surroundings.
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Hyphenation of surrounding
sur-round-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- surrounding is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
surrounding synonyms
Meaning encompassing:
Meaning not far away; close:
Meaning come near to; approach:
Meaning a district or community within a town or city:
Meaning relating or restricted to a particular area or one's neighbourhood:
Meaning (of a building, room, or piece of land) next to or joined with:
Meaning next to or adjoining something else:
Meaning form an edge along or beside (something):
Meaning (of a building or an area of land) be next to or have a common boundary with:
Meaning form a circle around; surround:
Words that rhyme with surrounding
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