surround
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /səˈraʊnd/US /səˈraʊnd/
Meaning
verb
to be all around something/somebody
“surround something/somebody, Tall trees surround the lake.”
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“So it's sort of a surround picture.”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
“It's hard not to be immersed in it and surrounded by it,”
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“those moments where you can be surrounded by people yet you don't really see hear or feel them but I could sense their expectations when the dust settled all I knew was”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
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