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surrounding
CIDE DICTIONARY
surrounding, a.
Inclosing; encircling. [1913 Webster]
surrounding, n.
- An encompassing. [1913 Webster]
- The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
surrounding
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, claustral, confining, contextual, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, environmental, limiting, local, nearby, neighboring, parietal, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, wrappingROGET THESAURUS
surrounding
Circumjacence
N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.For further exploring for "surrounding" in Webster Dictionary Online