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The area in which something exists or lives
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surroundings
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Surroundings are the area around a given physical or geographical point or place . The exact definition depends on the field. Surroundings can also be used in geography (when it is more precisely known as vicinity, or vicinage) and mathematics, as well ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"environment," 1857, plural verbal noun from surround (v.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the environmental condition [syn: milieu ] the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment , environs , surround ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES comfortable surroundings (= comfortable things around you ) ▪ Relax in the comfortable surroundings of the hotel. congenial atmosphere/surroundings/environment ▪ The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of surrounding English)Category:English plurals 2 the area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance 3 (context physics English) All parts of the universe that ...
Usage examples of surroundings.
He had to be on the far side of forty-five but he had a youthful skin and, out of his official surroundings, he displayed more enthusiasm than she supposed careworn or rank-conscious admirals usually did.
White snowy ground underfoot, white sky overhead, and white haze and snowfall obscuring any other features of the surroundings, whiteout was disorienting and dangerous.
Clearly she felt at home in civilized surroundings and had not gone native.
The lack of treatments of any kind, the tenor of the conversations I overheard on the loudspeakers, contrasted strangely with the luxurious surroundings and the physical appearance girls and patients were made to maintain.
Aygar was staring into the distance, indifferent to his surroundings and the marines' weapons.
You have to rely upon what you are, who you are, not what your surroundings tell you you are.
Then, as she took in her surroundings, the bubbles of joyous feelings went as flat as long-opened Stemerald.
They advanced with the economic efficiency of battle cruisers and their heads swung like gun turrets, ceaselessly examining their surroundings for any threat.
The Ozranians hung back a moment, reluctant to leave the surroundings that were, if not home, then safe and familiar.
Zara was too awed by her surroundings to have any other reaction than a good long look around her.
Considerable thought and care had been taken to approximate planetary surroundings, to make residents and transients forget the hostile conditions outside.
Awareness of her surroundings gradually increased and she roused to the sound of human voices raised in a happy clamor somewhere nearby.
She was adept enough at sussing her immediate surroundings without appearing to do so, yet she had the sense that Sean was aware of her automatic scanning.
All of the colors were watered down with the familiar omnipresent gray, so that the squat, rectangular buildings merely stood out in ugly relief from the snowy surroundings but achieved nothing so frivolous as beauty or gaiety.
Easley worked tirelessly in directing his teams, asking only for their names and their origin before turning them over to Yuri Palit's resettlement people, transporting the 'walking wounded' to calmer surroundings as soon as possible.