SURROUNDED Definition & Meaning

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surrounded

[suh-roun-did]

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adjective

(of troops, a fort or town, etc.) encircled or hemmed in by enemies on all sides so as to cut off communication or retreat.
Only a few of the surrounded infantrymen survived, escaping in the darkness of the early morning.
enclosed or shut in on all sides, as by a barrier or border, desert or mountains, etc. (usually used in combination).
The huge master bedroom features a granite-surrounded whirlpool tub.
The surrounded parcel of land is provided with road access by a right-of-way through one of the encircling properties.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of surround.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unsurrounded adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of surrounded¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, for an earlier sense; surround ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; surround ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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Everyone in the movie is surrounded by technology — radios, computers, monitors — and yet most of them seem disconnected.

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"They sang about what happened to my family," says Kasem, softly, surrounded by relatives at a vigil.

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“I have always wanted to be surrounded by trees and nature,” Lucas said.

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On a sweltering morning in western India in 2022, three U.S. inspectors showed up unannounced at a massive pharmaceutical plant surrounded by barricades and barbed wire and demanded to be let inside.

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His representatives confirmed the composer and poet died peacefully in London surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday.

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