surroundings

surroundings
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful, elegant, idyllic, lovely (esp. BrE), magnificent, pleasant
▪ comfortable, luxurious
▪ peaceful, quiet, tranquil
▪ familiar
▪ new, strange, unfamiliar
▪ natural
▪

animals living in their natural surroundings

▪ physical
▪ immediate
▪ rural, urban
VERB + SURROUNDINGS
▪ adapt to, be in harmony with, blend into, blend in with, blend with, fit into, fit in with
▪

The new hotel blends perfectly with the immediate surroundings.

▪ examine, observe, scan, survey
PREPOSITION
▪ amid … surroundings
▪

classic French cuisine served amid elegant surroundings

▪ in … surroundings
▪

We spent the afternoon relaxing in the beautiful surroundings of my parents' home.

PHRASES
▪ the beauty of the surroundings

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу
Synonyms:
,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • surroundings — index atmosphere, circumstances, climate, context, environment, locality, scene, section (vicinity) …   Law dictionary

  • surroundings — [n] environment ambience, atmosphere, background, climate, community, environs, home, location, medium, milieu, neighborhood, setting, vicinity; concepts 198,673 …   New thesaurus

  • surroundings — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ the conditions or area around a person or thing …   English terms dictionary

  • Surroundings — Vicinty redirects here. Vicinity Corporation provided the MapBlast web mapping service in the late 1990s. Surroundings are the area around a given physical or geographical point or place. The exact definition depends on the field. Surroundings… …   Wikipedia

  • surroundings — sur|round|ings [səˈraundıŋz] n [plural] the objects, buildings, natural things etc that are around a person or thing at a particular time sb s surroundings ▪ He switched on the light and examined his surroundings. ▪ I need to work in pleasant… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • surroundings — [[t]səra͟ʊndɪŋz[/t]] N PLURAL: oft poss N, in N with supp When you are describing the place where you are at the moment, or the place where you live, you can refer to it as your surroundings. Schumacher adapted effortlessly to his new… …   English dictionary

  • surroundings — n. austere; elegant; pleasant; unpleasant surroundings * * * elegant pleasant unpleasant surroundings austere …   Combinatory dictionary

  • surroundings — sur|round|ings [ sə raundıŋz ] noun plural ** all the things that are present in a place and that form the experience of being there: Our new surroundings are a lot more friendly than we expected. pleasant/comfortable/beautiful surroundings …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • surroundings */*/ — UK [səˈraʊndɪŋz] / US noun [plural] all the things that are present in a place and that form the experience of being there Our new surroundings are a lot more friendly than we expected. pleasant/comfortable/beautiful surroundings …   English dictionary

  • surroundings — noun (plural) the objects, buildings, natural things etc that are around a person or thing at a particular time: It took me a few weeks to get used to my new surroundings …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”