A lot of the children at the school do not live in the town, but come in from the surrounding countryside. The shop draws customers from many surrounding areas.

SURROUNDING definition: something that surrounds. See examples of surrounding used in a sentence.

Definition of surrounding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication: The police surrounded the house. n. 1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a …

Synonyms for SURROUNDING: encircling, embracing, connecting, connected, bounding, attached, enclosing, joined; Antonyms of SURROUNDING: isolated, separate, apart, discrete, …

SURROUNDING definition: that which surrounds | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

sur•round•ing /səˈraʊndɪŋ/ n. [countable] something that surrounds. surroundings, [plural] things, circumstances, conditions, etc., that form one's environment: In such surroundings, how could …