Meaning of surroundings | Babel Free

Definitions

1. surroundings, environment, setting, milieu, atmosphere
2. Around.
3. The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.
   plural, plural-only
4. entourage
5. All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest.
   plural, plural-only
6. The external objects, conditions, and circumstances that affect existence and development; the environment.
7. first-person singular present indicative of entornar
8. lying or being all round. the city and its surrounding suburbs. omringend مُحيط заобикалящ circundante okolní umbegend omgivende που περιβάλλει ή περιστοιχίζει circundante ümbritsev مجاور ympäröivä environnant שֶׁמִסָבִיב आस-पास, पास-पड़ोस का okolni körülvevő sekitar nærliggjandi circostante まわりの 주의의 aplinkinis, supantis apkārtējs sekitar omliggendomkringliggende, ring-otaczający شاوخوا، مجاور circundante înconjurător окружающий okolitý okoliški okolni omgivande ซึ่งล้อมรอบ civar, etraftaki 周...
9. the conditions, scenery, etc, around a person, place, or thing; environment. Also (less common): surrounds
10. A surrounding area:environment, environs, locale, locality, neighborhood, precinct (used in plural), vicinity.
11. The totality of surrounding conditions and circumstances affecting growth or development:ambiance, atmosphere, climate, environment, medium, milieu, mise en scène, world.
12. pl → Umgebung f; the surroundings of Glasgow → die Umgebung von Glasgow
    pl
13. to be, or come, all round. Britain is surrounded by sea; Enemy troops surrounded the town; Mystery surrounds his death. omring يُحيط، يُطَوِّقُ заобикалям cercar obklopit umbegen omgive; omringe περικυκλώνω, περιβάλλομαι rodear; cercar, sitiar; envolver ümbritsema, ümber piirama احاطه كردن ympäröidä entourer לְהָקִיף चारों ओर से घेरना okružiti, opkoljivati körülvesz mengepung umlykja circondare 囲む 둘러싸다 (ap)supti apņemt; ieskaut mengelilingi; mengepung; menyelubungi omringenomgi, omringeotoczy...
14. to enclose. He surrounded the castle with a high wall. omsluit يُحيطُ، يَبني سورا обграждам cercar obehnat umbegen omgive περικλείωcercar, rodear, circundar ümbritsema محاصره كردن piirittää entourer לְכַתֵר घेरा डालना, घेर लेना opasati körülzár mengelilingi umkringja circondare 囲む 둘러치다 apjuosti apjozt; ietvert mengelilingi omgevenomgi, inngjerdeogrodzić محاصره کول cercar a împrejmui обносить; окружать obohnať obdati okružiti omgärda ล้อม sarmak, etrafını çevirmek 圍住 обгороджувати محاصرہ کرنا ...
15. the area etc that is round a place. a pleasant hotel in delightful surroundings. omgewing المُحيط، المَنْطِقَه المُحيطَه околности paisagem okolí die Umgebung omgivelser περιβάλλων χώρος alrededores, cercanías ümbrus دور و بر ympäristö environsסביבה प्रतिवेश okolica, okoliš környék lingkungan umhverfi, næsta nágrenni ambiente, dintorni 環境 주의 apylinkės apkārtne persekitaran omgevingomgivelserotoczenie, okolica شاوخوا paisagem împrejurimi окрестности okolie okolica okruženje omgivningar สภาพแวด...
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16. the conditions etc in which a person, animal etc lives. He was happy to be at home again in his usual surroundings. omgewing البيئَه среда ambiente prostředí die Umgebung omgivelser περιβάλλον, περίγυροςentorno, ambiente ümbrus, miljöö محيط elinympäristö environnementסביבה परिस्थिति, वातावरण okolina, susjedstvo környezet lingkungan umhverfi ambiente 状態 환경 aplinka vide persekitaran omgevingmiljøśrodowisko محیط ambiente mediu înconjurător среда; окружение prostredie okolje okruženje miljö สถานก...
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Equivalents

Examples

“His tall, gaunt, stringy figure is insensible to fatigue, and his dry, half-sarcastic, and often wholly unsympathetic manner is uninfluenced by any change in his surroundings.”

“We like the way they live, in their penthouselike surroundings filled with fake ferns and goldfish.”

“The e-boutique has to engage them in an elevated way and they have to be stimulated by the virtual surroundings.”

“Although operational environments profoundly differ, both kinds of autonomous vehicles, groundcraft and aircraft, will still rely on conceptually the same sorts of sensors — cameras, radar and lidar — to perceive surroundings in real time.”

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