to surround
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1.7
- verb
- /səˈraʊnd/
:
rodear
- Just be as prepared as you can be and surround yourself with good people.
- surrounding area
- surrounding community
- surrounding neighborhood
I said, you know, you can surround yourself with great people.
- I said, you know, you can surround yourself with great people.
- If you want to quit something, stop surrounding yourself with it.
- Because of course I'm somebody who thinks you surround yourself with experts.
- Just be as prepared as you can be and surround yourself with good people.
- I don't, you know, commingle or surround myself with racist people.
- Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?
- Well, you know, they came flying out and surrounded me and just started stinging.
- And to me, who you surround yourself with matters profoundly.
- And also, it's like you're choosing to surround yourself with his people.
- These are the people that surround him at Mar a Lago.
- And so it's so important that you surround yourself with high quality people.
Examples
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They've surrounded the building.
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And also, it's like you're choosing to surround yourself with his people.
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I said, you know, you can surround yourself with great people.
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If you want to quit something, stop surrounding yourself with it.
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Because of course I'm somebody who thinks you surround yourself with experts.
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And to me, who you surround yourself with matters profoundly.
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Al-Libi is returning, according to his wife, from prayers, close to his home, when suddenly a bunch of cars surround him.
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Both school campuses are surrounded by middle-class homes and are separated from commercial areas.
Academic text (2011) -
Gradually, the resort hotel came back in sight, surrounded by palm trees and thatched beach umbrellas.
Fiction book (1990) -
The police had surrounded the suspect's house to ensure he could not escape.
Synonyms
119
4.6
Surround or enclose a place by bringing things nearer from all sides
87
2.5
To form a circle around something to surround it
84
3.7
Surround something completely, often with a wall or fence
46
2.3
To be next to a country or area along a boundary
41
4.5
To surround something completely, like fog or darkness
41
6.4
To surround an area with a wall to protect it
33
3.4
To form a circle around a person or thing
19
2.4
To put a barrier around land to mark or protect it
19
8.3
To surround a place with soldiers until the people inside give up
6
6.7
Surround a person or thing so they cannot leave
3
9.5
To surround a place with soldiers to force it to give up
3
3.0
To surround an area with a barrier to keep others out
1
3.7
To surround an area with bushes to make a living fence
1
8.2
To surround an enemy to make them give up
1
8.8
To surround something on all sides
1
8.0
To cover something completely, often by surrounding it with cloth or paper
Completely surround something, often in a round shape like a ball
To surround an area with a strong fence of wooden or metal posts for protection
Surround a place or person so they cannot move freely
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Morphology
Etymology
Surround comes from two parts: sur- meaning 'over' and round meaning 'in a circle', the same round you know. So to surround something is to be all around it on every side, like people forming a ring around someone.