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Definitions

surroundings

NOUN
environment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambience atmosphere background climate environment environs location milieu mise en scène neighborhood setting
STRONG
community home medium vicinity

Example Sentences

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With only six, carbenes are highly unstable and react almost instantly with their surroundings.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Jalal Haidar, a Lebanese-American who took over as the airport's chief operating officer two months ago, also expressed full confidence in the airport, its surroundings and the airspace.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Donovan has taken full advantage of the home’s surroundings, regularly sharing videos of the garden on his Instagram account, including a January 2023 clip of a flock of robins visiting a birdbath on the grounds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Saturn's surroundings are of growing interest because of Enceladus, a moon that ejects icy plumes from a subsurface ocean and may potentially support life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Now and again, he flutters out and takes aerial pictures of our surroundings.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Vocabulary lists containing surroundings

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