surroundings as a noun: - 1
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surroundings
noun
1 surroundings
The environmental condition.
synonym: milieu.
2 surroundings
The area in which something exists or lives.
synonyms: environment, environs, surround.
Roget 227:
circumjacence†,
circumambience†;
environment,
encompassment;
atmosphere,
medium,
surroundings.
outpost;
border
etc.
(edge)
231;
girdle
etc.
(circumference)
230;
outskirts,
boulebards,
suburbs,
purlieus,
precincts,
faubourgs†,
environs,
entourage,
banlieue†;
neighborhood,
vicinage,
vicinity.
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Roget 8:
circumstance,
situation,
phase,
position,
posture,
attitude,
place,
point;
terms;
regime;
footing,
standing,
status.
occasion,
juncture,
conjunctive;
contingency
etc.
(event)
151.
predicament;
emergence,
emergency;
exigency,
crisis,
pinch,
pass,
push;
occurrence;
turning point.
bearings,
how the land lies.
surroundings,
context,
environment
232;
location
184.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
causation
153,
attribution
155.
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Roget 183:
situation,
position,
locality,
locale,
status,
latitude and longitude;
footing,
standing,
standpoint,
post;
stage;
aspect,
attitude,
posture,
pose.
environment,
surroundings
(location)
184;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
place,
site,
station,
seat,
venue,
whereabouts;
ground;
bearings
etc.
(direction)
278;
spot
etc.
(limited space)
182.
topography,
geography,
chorography†;
map
etc.
554.
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Roget 184:
location,
localization;
lodgment;
deposition,
reposition;
stowage,
package;
collocation;
packing,
lading;
establishment,
settlement,
installation;
fixation;
insertion
etc.
300.
habitat,
environment,
surroundings
(situation)
183;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
anchorage,
mooring,
encampment.
plantation,
colony,
settlement,
cantonment;
colonization,
domestication,
situation;
habitation
etc.
(abode)
189;
cohabitation;
a local habitation and a name"
[Midsummer Night's Dream];
endenization†,
naturalization.
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Dutch: omgeving, environments, omstreken, milieu
Polish: otoczenie
Moby thesaurus: alentours, ambience, ambit, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, context, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, gestalt, habitat, milieu, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, situation, suburbs, total environment, vicinage, vicinity ... show more.
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