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US
/sɝˈaʊndɪŋ/
]
[ UK /səɹˈaʊndɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /səɹˈaʊndɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
closely encircling
encompassing mountain ranges
the surrounding countryside
How To Use surrounding In A Sentence
- According to the EPA, fish at the top of the aquatic food chain bioaccumulate methylmercury to a level approximately 1 million to 10 million times greater than dissolved concentrations found in surrounding waters. Field and Stream Report: The Truth about Mercury and the Fish You Eat
- When the effused lymph is not absorbed it organizes, either forming a sort of internal cicatrix which is harder than the surrounding tissues or increasing the density of the part by augmenting the amount of plastic material within it. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
- In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass.
- There was a lot of negative publicity surrounding the film.
- These compounds are absorbed into the epithelial cells surrounding the central lumen containing the colloid.
- In recent years, Laganside Corporation has transformed the inner core of Belfast city centre, specifically along the Lagan river and in the surrounding area.
- The tranquility of Birch's daytime views hardly characterized the disputative climate surrounding the building, then and later.
- Heat will only leave the container by radiation, convection and conduction if the temperature of the container is higher than the surroundings.
- One might be optimistic and say that, given it's their job to judge a book by the words on the page rather than by the stushie surrounding it, one can expect them to be more concentrated in the category of detached shruggers; one can expect a higher standard of scrutiny, surely. Hype Hype Hoorah!
- Her own valuers had estimated that the property was worth £150,000 on the basis of agricultural use of the surrounding land, and virtually nothing on the basis of mining and/or landfill operations.