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sur•round•ing

Pronunciation: (su-roun'ding), [key]
—n.
1. something that surrounds.
2. surroundings,environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings.
3. the act of encircling or enclosing.

—adj.
1. enclosing or encircling.
2. being the environment or adjacent area.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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