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    sur·round·ings
    /səˈroundiNGz/

    plural

    • 1. the things and conditions around a person or thing: "I took up the time admiring my surroundings"

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  2. The meaning of SURROUNDINGS is the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded : environment. How to use surroundings in a sentence.

  3. the place where someone lives and the conditions they live in: They live in very comfortable / pleasant / drab / bleak surroundings. Fewer examples. The brickwork will mellow over the years so that it blends with the surroundings. Absorbed in her work, she was totally oblivious of her surroundings.

  4. Surroundings definition: the conditions, scenery, etc, around a person, place, or thing; environment. See examples of SURROUNDINGS used in a sentence.

  5. noun something that surrounds. surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings. the act of encircling or enclosing.

  6. : to constitute part of the environment of. surrounded by poverty. d. : to extend around the margin or edge of : encircle. a wall surrounds the old city. 2. : to cause to be surrounded by something. surrounded himself with friends.

  7. SURROUNDINGS meaning: 1. the place where someone or something is and the things that are in it: 2. the place where…. Learn more.

  8. that is everywhere around something: A lot of the children at the school do not live in the town, but come in from the surrounding countryside. The shop draws customers from many surrounding areas. See. surround. Fewer examples. The school has space for more than 600 students from several surrounding counties.