Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surrounding

/səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: sur-round-ing
IPA: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of surround

noun

An outlying area; area in proximity to something.

noun

An environment.

Example Sentences

"It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding."
"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."

Inflected Forms

surroundings (plural)

Synonyms

circumambient periphery encompassing circumferent

Rhymes With

founding sounding pounding astounding rounding grounding compounding resounding rebounding confounding bounding hounding

Questions

How do you pronounce surrounding?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/.
What does surrounding mean?: present participle and gerund of surround

How to pronounce surrounding

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