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   surround

   /səˈraʊnd/

   verb

   • 1. be all round (someone or something): "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens"
   • ▪ (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape: "troops surrounded the parliament building"
   • ▪ be associated with: "the killings were surrounded by controversy"

   noun

   • 1. a thing that forms a border or edging round an object: "an oak fireplace surround"
   • ▪ the area encircling something; surroundings: "the beautiful surrounds of Connemara"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. Current senses of the noun date from the late 19th century.

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   What does surround mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! SURROUND definition: 1. to be everywhere around something: 2. the area or border around something: 3. the area that is…. Learn more.

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   What does surrounded mean?

   • She was surrounded by reporters. A stone wall surrounds the estate. to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat. a tile surround for the shower stall. The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant. Hunting.

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   What are your surrounds?

   • Your surrounds are your surroundings. The entire team enjoyed hot showers in the spacious surrounds of a new, modern village hall. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   How do you Surround Yourself with people?

   • If you surround yourself with certain people or things, you make sure that you have a lot of them near you all the time. He surrounded himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers. [V n + with/by] The surround of something such as a fireplace is the border, wall, or shelves around it. ...a small fireplace with a cast-iron surround.

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   • Znaczenie Surround, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     surround definicja: 1. to be everywhere around something: 2....

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     to be around something on all sides: Snow-capped mountains...

   • Surround: Malay Translation

     surround translate: mengelilingi; mengepung; menyelubungi,...

   • Surround in Spanish

     SURROUND translate: rodear, cercar, rodear. Learn more in...

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     SURROUND translate: 环绕，围绕，包围, 周围地带;围绕物;缘饰. Learn more in the...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     SURROUND translate: vây quanh, bao quanh. Learn more in the...

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   • Surround in French

     SURROUND translate: entourer, encercler, entourer, entourer....

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   When you think of the word surround, think of something that's around you on all sides, like the trees that surround you in a forest or the people who surround you on a city street at rush hour. Sometimes surround describes the position of troops that force the enemy to surrender.

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