Thesaurus results for SURROUNDS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of surround

as in encircles

to form a circle around she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal

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surrounds

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noun

plural of surround

as in surroundings

the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him

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Visceral fat — which lies deep within the abdomen and surrounds internal organs — has also been linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, Cleveland Clinic states. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Their most vulnerable conversation surrounds his recent MS diagnosis. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 Haddad said the main issue surrounds whether the system is enforcing standards and holding people accountable in such investigations. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026 Mystery still surrounds the fatal shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Western Rust, an incident that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 This is arguably one of the strangest Premier League games ever because of everything that surrounds it. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2026 His particular cancer also surrounds his pulmonary artery, which contains a nerve connected directly to the vocal cords. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 The neighborhood that surrounds The Homestead is charmingly quiet, to the point where there’s not one traffic light, only stop signs. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 For years, the infrastructure that surrounds the delta has been in need of major repair. — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Noun

On its own, without a subwoofer or rear surrounds, the Bravia Theater Trio puts out a large, powerful front sound field. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Neither are ideal, but this hasn’t prevented City fans from generating a decent atmosphere inside their new surrounds, particularly during last season’s run-in when the final nine home games were all won. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 One skyscraper amidst a sea of them, the Four Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero blends in with its surrounds. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026 The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper. — New Atlas, 3 July 2026 Quince, San Francisco Chef Michael Tusk has combined his love of Northern Italian cuisine with his surrounds in Northern California to evolve classics like tortellini into modern American fare. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 June 2026 In the sanitized and alienating new surrounds, with the camaraderie of the early Hyperion days but a faint memory, long-simmering discontent about working conditions wouldn’t take long to boil over. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 While the large spring-fed lake serves as the centerpiece of this area, there’s much more to Lake Geneva and its surrounds. — Katy Spratte Joyce, Midwest Living, 31 Mar. 2026 The boy squire shines bright in the otherwise drab surrounds of the tourney campgrounds. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026

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Verb

In May, the Georgia Department of Transportation closed a major section of the road, which encircles the city of Atlanta and connects much of the greater metro area, sending both intra- and interstate traffic through the city.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The paint color that encircles the wallpaper is important, but Chloe Redmond Warner says the bread should be the least exciting part of this sandwich.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of encircles

Noun

Potential applications include autonomous drones, submarines and other vehicles operating in environments where satellite navigation is unreliable.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
In contrast to the notion that good caregivers can survive in tough home environments, such caregivers leave home care because of minor things.

— Colin Conner II, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of environments

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Instead, Hugo says the case encompasses a much broader body of work stemming from compositions the two created during nearly 50 studio sessions between 2019 and 2021.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
Los Angeles–area cultural institution the Huntington, which encompasses an art museum, library, and botanical garden, has announced this year’s gifts to its art collection from the Huntington’s Art Collectors’ Council.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of encompasses

Noun

The successful application of the transmission strings method is an exciting step forward in the modelling of the atmospheres of the over 6,000 worlds in NASA's exoplanet catalog.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
This cyan-pale blue is caused by hydrogen molecules colliding with helium atoms inside their ultra-dense atmospheres.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

Verb

Cassiopeia circles Polaris as Earth rotates, so its orientation changes through the night.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Separately in the episode, River (Jack Lowden) and Sid (Olivia Cooke) are on the run from a pair of assassins, while the rest of the team circles the wagons en route to a safe house.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of circles

Verb

In Asia, leaders are traditionally expected to project absolute certainty; a stance that instead embraces uncertainty puts their credibility and authority on the line.

— Ryoji Sekido, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
The Harmony Suite, for example, embraces shades of blue, wave-like motifs, and all things water.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026

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