surrounds meaning

Definition of surrounds in English Dictionary

• NounBFsurroundPREsur-
  1. Things bordering, adjacent to, or nearby another; surroundings.
     1. It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.
• VerbBFsurroundPRsurroundingPT, PPsurrounded
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of surround.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • The major mechanism by which extrasynaptically released serotonin seems to reach its targets involves its capture and later release by the surrounding glia.
     • On Sunday, I took my family for a spin through the surrounding countryside.
     • 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.
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Pluralia tantum
  2. Verbs
     • Verb forms
       • Verb singular forms
         • Third-person singular forms

Other Vocabulary

1. en surround