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How to pronounce surround in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms smother
Type of cover
Type Words
Synonyms border, environ, ring, skirt
Type of adjoin, meet, touch, contact
Has types gird, fringe, enclose, cloister, shut in, inclose, hem in, girdle, close in
Derivation surroundings


The forest surrounds my property.
Type Words
Synonyms environment, environs, surroundings
Type of geographic area, geographical region, geographical area, geographic region
Has types medium, home ground, habitat, element, ambience, setting, ambiance, scene, parts, melting pot


the country--the flat agricultural surround.
Type Words
Synonyms beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in
Type of assail, attack
Has types blockade, seal off, ebb
Type Words
Synonyms fence, fence in, palisade, wall
Type of protect
Has types circumvallate, stockade

Examples of surround

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The house features surround-sound speakers indoors and by the pool area outside.
From the latimes.com
The restaurant is known for its courtyard patio tables that surround a fountain.
From the ocregister.com
The only material gift might be the frame you choose to surround the photograph.
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When you stand in the center of the room, hundreds of works of art surround you.
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Get rid of the doubters in your life and surround yourself with positive people.
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Mature trees and landscaped grounds surround the building in a pastoral setting.
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Indeed, we tend to surround ourselves with those that have a similar background.
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We have 7 acres of hay that surround our one-acre homesite and half-acre garden.
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Golden beets and apple slices surround the pink mound with creamier goat cheese.
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More examples
  • Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
  • Environment: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
  • Smother: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
  • Besiege: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
  • Wall: surround with a wall in order to fortify
  • Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. ...
  • Surround may refer to: *Surround sound, a type of multichannel audio *Surround channels, audio channels in surround sound *Surround Video, Microsoft program for creating 3D images *Surround session, online advertising technique in which one advertiser dominates a websiten*Surround (Jon Bauer ...
  • Surround is the second album from Jon Bauer.
  • Surround is an early video game programmed by Alan Miller and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, then known as the VCS (Video Computer System). It was one of the nine Atari 2600 launch titles released in October 1977.