word-vault/dist/data/cards/su/surround.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "surround",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "surround",
            "heSheIt": "surrounds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "surrounded",
        "pastParticiple": "surrounded",
        "ingForm": "surrounding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be all around something/somebody",
            "sensetop": "surround something/somebodybe surrounded by somethingbe surrounded with something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Tall trees surround the lake.",
                    "contextForm": "surround something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the membranes surrounding the brain"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The garden is surrounded by a wall.",
                    "contextForm": "be surrounded by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a child I was surrounded by love and kindness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I loved being **surrounded by** enthusiastic young **people**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lake is surrounded with trees.",
                    "contextForm": "be surrounded with something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move into position all around somebody/something, especially so as to prevent them from escaping; to move somebody/something into position in this way",
            "sensetop": "surround somebody/somethingsurround somebody/something with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police surrounded the building.",
                    "contextForm": "surround somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They've surrounded the building with police.",
                    "contextForm": "surround somebody/something with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will found himself immediately surrounded by screaming fans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On one occasion, armed guerrillas surrounded their jeep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Troops fanned out to surround the camp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has now surrounded his house with barbed wire."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be closely connected with something/somebody",
            "sensetop": "surround something/somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "publicity surrounding the divorce"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the controversy/circumstances surrounding his death"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report explores the issues surrounding the case."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to choose to have particular people or things near you all the time",
            "sensetop": "surround yourself with somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I like to surround myself with beautiful things."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊnd/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surround__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊndz/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surrounds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊndɪd/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surrounded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊndɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surrounding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊnd/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surround__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊndz/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surrounds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊndɪd/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surrounded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈraʊndɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/surround/surrounding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent."
}