surrounding

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of surround

noun

  1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
  2. An environment.
    They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out. 1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding, page 50

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