What does surrounding mean?
Surrounding means present participle and gerund of surround.
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/səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of surround.
It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding.
They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.
Use surrounding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Surrounding means present participle and gerund of surround.
Common synonyms include periphery, encompassing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding.
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