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surround

sur·round
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-round]
    • /səˈraʊnd/
    • /səˈraʊnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-round]
    • /səˈraʊnd/

Definitions of surround word

  • verb with object surround to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters. 1
  • verb with object surround to form an enclosure round; encircle: A stone wall surrounds the estate. 1
  • verb with object surround to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat. 1
  • noun surround something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall. 1
  • noun surround environment or setting: The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant. 1
  • noun surround Hunting. a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible. the act of hunting by this means. the location encircled by hunters using this means. 1

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Origin of surround

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English surounden to inundate, submerge < Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder < Late Latin superundāre to overflow, equivalent to Latin super- super- + undāre to flood, derivative of unda wave (see undulate); current spelling by analysis as sur-1 + round1 (v.)

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Parts of speech for Surround

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

surround popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

surround usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for surround

verb surround

  • ambush — If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them.
  • approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
  • arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
  • arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
  • arcking — a present participle of arc.

noun surround

  • edging — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
  • frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.

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