surrounding

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An environment.

   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.

2. 2
   adj

   closely encircling

3. 3
   verb

   present participle and gerund of surround

4. 4
   noun

   An outlying area; area in proximity to something.