surroundverb [ T ]
uk/səˈraʊnd/us/səˈraʊnd/B1 to be everywhere around something:
Snow-capped mountains surround the city.
Gwen sat at her desk, surrounded by books and papers.
Mystery still surrounds the exact circumstances of Stalin's death.
She said that she wanted to die surrounded by the people she loves (= with them all present).
Early this morning, armed police surrounded (= moved into a position so that they were everywhere around) a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.
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- A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas which surround them.
- She made her entry to the ceremony surrounded by a group of photographers.
- The hotel is surrounded by perfectly manicured gardens.
- The president arrived surrounded by his minders.
- The house is surrounded by trees, so it's not overlooked at all .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- flooding
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- swallow
- wall sth off
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
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surrounding
adjective [ before noun ] uk/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/us/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/
B2
A lot of the children at the school do not live in the town, but come in from the surrounding countryside.
surroundnoun
uk/səˈraʊnd/us/səˈraʊnd/[ C ] the area or border around something:
Our bathtub has a tiled surround.
surrounds [ plural ] US
the area that is near and around a place:
The house is set in lush surrounds and has views of the ocean.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- flooding
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- swallow
- wall sth off
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
See more results »
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Towns & regions: environments & localities