surroundings
/səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.
noun
All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest.
Example Sentences
- "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."