Pronunciation
- IPA: /səˈɹaʊnd/
surround (surrounds, present participle surrounding; past and past participle surrounded)
- (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.
- and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.
- (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
- to surround the world
- French: entourer
- German: umgeben, umringen
- Italian: circondare
- Portuguese: contornar, cercar
- Russian: окружа́ть
- Spanish: circundar, envolver, cercar, rodear
- French: enceindre
- German: umzingeln, umringen
- Italian: circondare, accerchiare, assediare
- Portuguese: cercar
- Russian: окружа́ть
surround (plural surrounds)
- (British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
- 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:
- He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.
- It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.
- 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:
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