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Added 8 October 2026

surround

/səˈɹaʊnd/ noun

In Latin: circumdō, circumeō, circueō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about surround at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The area in which something exists or lives.
the country--the flat agricultural surround

verb

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
The forest surrounds my property
Envelop completely.
smother the meat in gravy
Surround so as to force to give up.
The Turks besieged Vienna

Origin

From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

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