surroundings
pronunciation
How to pronounce surroundings in British English:
UK [səˈraʊndɪŋz]
How to pronounce surroundings in American English:
US [səˈraʊndɪŋz]
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- Noun:
- the environmental condition
- the area in which something exists or lives
Word Origin
- surroundings (n.)
- "environment," 1857, plural verbal noun from surround (v.).
Example
- 1. The working conditions and surroundings are so excellent here .
- 2. An adult leopard seal scans its surroundings on the antarctic peninsula .
- 3. We are comforable with our current surroundings .
- 4. And the working conditions and surroundings are so excellent here .
- 5. Adaptation to one 's changing surroundings is a different matter .