Definition of "surrounding" []

• Present participle of surround. (verb)
• Outlaying area; area in proximity to something (noun)
• Environment (noun)
• Which surrounds something (adjective)

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• "Weber spends a lot of time in On Basilisk Station describing his world-building, from the political set-up of the various "star nations" his term surrounding the planets in question to the intricate political maneuvering of the nation whose territory Basilisk Station is."
• "Continuing the Orwellian theme, does the lingo surrounding the state curriculum have to be so impenetrable?"
• "Pointing downward and kind of surrounding from the North the Arabian peninsula, Israel and Jordan."