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- [suh-roun-ding]
- /səˈraʊn dɪŋ/
- /səˈraʊndɪŋz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh-roun-ding]
- /səˈraʊn dɪŋ/
Definitions of surroundings word
- noun surroundings something that surrounds. 1
- noun surroundings surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings. 1
- noun surroundings the act of encircling or enclosing. 1
- adjective surroundings enclosing or encircling. 1
- adjective surroundings being the environment or adjacent area. 1
- noun plural surroundings When you are describing the place where you are at the moment, or the place where you live, you can refer to it as your surroundings. 0
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Origin of surroundings
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English: inundation; see surround, -ing1, -ing2
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Parts of speech for Surroundings
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
surroundings popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for surroundings
adj surroundings
- absent-minded — Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- inconscient — unconscious.
noun surroundings
- ambiance — the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
- ambience — The ambience of a place is the character and atmosphere that it seems to have.
- ambient — The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- ballpark — A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played.
adjective surroundings
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
Antonyms for surroundings
noun surroundings
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- centra — a plural of centrum.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centriole — either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis
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