surrounding meaning
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US - NounPLsurroundingsPREsur-SUF-ing
- Verb
- Adjective
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- A certain amount of collateral damage and destruction to the surrounding environment has always been viewed as a necessary but generally undesirable by-product of military conflict.
- The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
- On Sunday, I took my family for a spin through the surrounding countryside.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of surrounding in English Dictionary
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- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
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- en surroundings
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "surrounding" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.