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Princeton's WordNet

  1. surrounded, encircledadjective

    confined on all sides

    "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers"

Wikipedia

  1. Surrounded

    Surrounded is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. It was released as the fourth single from Kreviazuk's debut studio album, Under These Rocks and Stones. It was Kreviazuk's first song to chart in the United States. The single achieved Platinum status in Canada.

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  1. surrounded

    Surrounded refers to being all around or on all sides of something or someone. It can refer to a physical encirclement, such as a city being surrounded by walls, or an abstract concept, like being surrounded by positive energy. It implies that there is little or no room to move or escape due to being completely encompassed or enveloped.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Surrounded

    of Surround

Wikidata

  1. Surrounded

    Surrounded is a box set released on June 27, 2006, featuring seven of Björk's albums in DualDisc format. The seven-disc box set contains the original albums on the CD sides, and the DVD sides contain each album remastered in Dolby Digital and DTS 96/24 5.1 surround sound. The corresponding music videos are also featured on the discs and are in PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. The original stereo mixes are used for the CD sides and are not remastered. The box set was originally intended to be released in the higher resolution DVD-A format, as evidenced by the disc scans on Björk's official website.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. surrounded

    Inclosed; invested. A town is said to be surrounded when its principal outlets are blocked up; and an army, when its flanks are turned, and its retreat cut off.

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'surrounded' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3834

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of surrounded in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of surrounded in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of surrounded in a Sentence

  1. Victoria Beckham:

    So many years ago I started with girl power, and now that message is still as strong as ever. But now it's through the privilege of being able to empower women through my designs, i've always been surrounded by strong, supportive women. And that's as true now as it was back then. So, for all the women out there who have ever been doubted or doubted themselves, this award tonight is for all of us.

  2. Suzy Kassem:

    Always surround yourself with friends with plenty of light in them. That way you will be surrounded by candles when days are dark.

  3. The Williams F1 team:

    It is with great sadness that on behalf of the Sir Frank family, the team can confirm the death of Sir Sir Frank CBE, Founder and Former Team Principal of Williams Racing, at the age of 79, after being admitted into hospital on Friday, Sir Frank passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by Sir Frank family.Read More.

  4. Attorney Sasser:

    He had no idea he was surrounded by the opposing team, it was a beautiful sight.

  5. Ted Cruz:

    Israel is a strong ally of the United States, and they are surrounded by neighbors in a very dangerous part of the world. It's not Israel's job to win the war in Ukraine, and I think American politicians that are using the war in Ukraine to attack Israel are mistaken in doing so.

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