surroundings
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2.5
- noun
- /səˈraʊndɪŋz/
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entorno
- You got to blend in with your surroundings.
- familiar surroundings
- immediate surroundings
- natural surroundings
Learn the art of cutting off from the surroundings and going within.
- Learn the art of cutting off from the surroundings and going within.
- And maybe no one in your surroundings was able so far to do it.
- It's an exercise to question my surroundings, to question my world.
- I can take in my surroundings and understand, learn what's going on.
- It integrates its surroundings and this is what you get.
- And it feels very good to be in such wonderful surroundings and to have good friends here.
- So to know where we're standing with, observe your surroundings.
- And within a month you will know your surroundings.
- How do I find quiet living in chaotic urban surroundings?
- You want it only to create pleasantness in your surroundings.
- What do you mean becoming very aware of your surroundings.
- He studies fish and how in particular fish sense their surroundings.
Examples
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Real people seldom spend time noticing their surroundings if they are familiar with them anyway.
Academic text (2008) -
And it feels very good to be in such wonderful surroundings and to have good friends here.
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Becoming very aware of your surroundings, You know what I mean?
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It's an exercise to question my surroundings, to question my world.
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And their surroundings have a huge temperature range.
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Usually, children had become more aware of their natural surroundings and the wildlife within them.
Academic text (1999) -
I can take in my surroundings and understand, learn what's going on.
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I've become so interested in my surroundings that I joined the environmental club on campus.
Academic text (1999) -
New surroundings, new friends.
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As I walked through the forest, I admired the beauty of my surroundings, with tall trees and singing birds.
Synonyms
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2.7
The people, places, and conditions around a person, animal, or thing that affect them
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3.7
The area near a place, for example shops or houses
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8.3
The social and physical surroundings where someone lives or works
The area around a town or city
Antonyms
How Nearby
Surface Forms
Morphology
surroundings = surrounding (transparent) = surround + ing + s
The meaning is directly recoverable from 'surround' plus the participial/plural morphology, referring to things or conditions around something.
Etymology
The word surroundings comes from the parts sur- ('over' or 'around') and round ('around'), so it means the things, area, or conditions that are all around a person or place.