how to pronounce surrounds

/sɚˈaʊndz/

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surrounds is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of surrounds in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but mostly it surrounds you um when I …”

meanings of surrounds

noun:

Things bordering, adjacent to, or near something else; surroundings.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surround.

surrounds frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word surrounds occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics surrounds can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that surrounds can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;