What does surround mean?
Definitions for surround
səˈraʊndsur·round
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word surround.
Princeton's WordNet
environment, environs, surroundings, surroundverb
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
smother, surroundverb
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Wiktionary
surroundnoun
Anything, such as a fence or border that surrounds something.
surroundverb
To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.
surroundverb
To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Surroundverb
To environ; to encompass; to enclose on all sides.
Etymology: surronder, Fr.
Yelling monsters that with ceaseless cry
Surround me, as thou sawest. John Milton.Cloud and ever-during dark
Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men
Cut off. John Milton.Bad angels seen
On wing under the burning cope of hell,
’Twixt upper, neather, and surrounding fires. John Milton.As the bodies that surround us diversly affect our organs, the mind is forced to receive the impressions. John Locke.
Wikipedia
surround
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels). Its first application was in movie theaters. Prior to surround sound, theater sound systems commonly had three screen channels of sound that played from three loudspeakers (left, center, and right) located in front of the audience. Surround sound adds one or more channels from loudspeakers to the side or behind the listener that are able to create the sensation of sound coming from any horizontal direction (at ground level) around the listener. The technique enhances the perception of sound spatialization by exploiting sound localization: a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance. This is achieved by using multiple discrete audio channels routed to an array of loudspeakers. Surround sound typically has a listener location (sweet spot) where the audio effects work best and presents a fixed or forward perspective of the sound field to the listener at this location. Surround sound formats vary in reproduction and recording methods, along with the number and positioning of additional channels. The most common surround sound specification, the ITU's 5.1 standard, calls for 6 speakers: Center (C), in front of the listener; Left (L) and Right (R), at angles of 60°; Left Surround (LS) and Right Surround (RS) at angles of 100–120°; and a subwoofer, whose position is not critical.
ChatGPT
surround
Surround refers to the action or state of enclosing, encircling or being positioned all round something or someone, typically to provide protection, containment, or decoration. It could also imply forming a border or boundary around something or existing on all sides of a particular area or object.
Webster Dictionary
Surroundverb
to inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ
Surroundverb
to lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city
Surroundverb
to pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world
Surroundverb
to inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city
Surroundnoun
a method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc
Wikidata
Surround
Surround is the second album from Jon Bauer.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Surround
sur-rownd′, v.t. to go round about; to encompass, environ: to cut off from communication or retreat.—n. Surround′ing, an encompassing: (pl.) things which surround, external circumstances. [O. Fr. suronder—L. superundāre, to overflow, often confused with round.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
surround
In sieges, to invest; in tactics, to outflank and cut off the means of retreating.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'surround' in Verbs Frequency: #433
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of surround in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of surround in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of surround in a Sentence
You care day and night for your children, grandchildren and your family. Even today, on International Women's Day, you are still caught up in your routine, working tirelessly, always on time. We often ask ourselves, how do they manage it all? we will do our utmost to surround the women we love with care and attention, so that they can smile more often.
You’re not going to buy your way into working with an innovator and influencer like Tim, to do that, entrepreneurs have to surround themselves with the right people, persevere and follow their hearts. Not to sound cliche, but that’s what it takes to get your idea through in the world.
I think what it boils down to is opportunities that I think he’s deserving of and the situation and some of the circumstances that surround him.
You definitely have your caffeine withdrawal period, but in seriousness, you know, this is a month that really pushes you to forge community. It’s very easy when you’re in the 24/7 grind to lose a sense of the people that surround us and strengthen us. This is an opportunity to reach out to them. It’s really a month that’s oriented towards service.
The coverage of various controversies is surround sound at this point, most people have a firm view of those scandals pretty well locked in.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for surround
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- أحاط, طوق, لفArabic
- circumdar, envoltar, rodejar, voltarCatalan, Valencian
- obehnat, obklopit, obklíčitCzech
- omringeDanish
- umringen, umgeben, umzingelnGerman
- περικλείωGreek
- envolver, cercar, circundarSpanish
- piirittää, ympäröidä, saartaaFinnish
- entourer, enceindreFrench
- omjaanWestern Frisian
- cuairtichScottish Gaelic
- körbeveszHungarian
- accerchiare, circondare, assediareItalian
- 取り巻く, 包囲, 囲むJapanese
- circumeo, circueoLatin
- ómgaeveLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- whakaawhiMāori
- omcirkelen, omringen, insluiten, omsingelen, omsluiten, omgevenDutch
- otaczaćPolish
- contornar, cercarPortuguese
- înconjuraRomanian
- окружи́ть, окружа́тьRussian
- omringa, omgeSwedish
- оточуватиUkrainian
Get even more translations for surround »
Translation
Find a translation for the surround definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"surround." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/surround>.
Discuss these surround definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In