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How to pronounce surroundings in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms milieu
Type of environment
Type Words
Synonyms environment, environs, surround
Type of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
Has types setting, ambience, element, ambiance, habitat, home ground, medium, melting pot, parts, scene
Derivation surround

Examples of surroundings

surroundings
My eyes quickly scanned the surroundings as if I were afraid someone might hear.
From the dispatch.com
The answer depends on where you are, your surroundings and whether you're alone.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In fact, you'll also notice how much beauty there is in your daily surroundings.
From the suntimes.com
Rosemary Beach is the place for anyone who loves food and gorgeous surroundings.
From the tennessean.com
Once, such disputations raged in the comfortable surroundings of a packed arena.
From the time.com
Your surroundings alone can often give you a relieving respite from your stress.
From the abcnews.go.com
There they can live in comfortable surroundings while they look for a new place.
From the toledoblade.com
Walking along the streets, she would rarely look up to soak in the surroundings.
From the washingtonpost.com
It didn't take long for Jarrod Washburn to feel at home in his new surroundings.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • Milieu: the environmental condition
  • Environment: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
  • In science and engineering, a system is the part of the universe that is being studied, while the environment is the remainder of the universe that lies outside the boundaries of the system. It is also known as the surroundings, and in thermodynamics, as the reservoir. ...
  • The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance; All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest
  • That part of an experimental set up, including the ambient air, which exchanges heat with, or does work on, the system.
  • Disconcerted means __________________________.
  • Anything that is outside a system