surrounding area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsurroundingandarea
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surrounding
adjective[before noun]
uk/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/us/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/
that is everywhere ...
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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofsurroundingandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsurrounding area
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We measured how temporal variation in asurroundingareaaffected the appearance of the test ring.
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But the over consumption of cities, and reliance on thesurroundingareais not a new trend.
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Approximately 3 kg of fresh litter obtained from the removal-treatment plots and thesurroundingareawas added to the addition-treatment plots.
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They then exit into a vacuum resulting in an electron cloud in the surfacesurroundingarea.
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The wetland and itssurroundingareais an important habitat for egrets and heron and an important wintering ground for many duck species.
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The indicated site sizes represent only the size of an individual landowner's forested property; each site was embedded in a largersurroundingareaof forest.
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There had been no recent demolition of buildings or harvesting of fields in thesurroundingarea, which could have contributed to an increased rodent population.
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As such, the river valley andsurroundingareawas an important zone of interaction between settlers and indigenous hunting and herding populations in the eighteenth century.
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This massive undertaking influenced the course of events in thesurroundingarea, and for as many as 1500 years new monuments were built in its path.
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Dense vegetation cover in thesurroundingarea, however, precluded visual confirmation.
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Stratified probability sampling proportionate to the number of people 60 years of age and older in each community and itssurroundingareawas used.
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In 1997, a large part of thesurroundingareaof these plots was burnt by forest fire due to extraordinarily dry conditions in the dry season.
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Sampling was conducted in the vicinity of the drums to determine whether leachate from the drums or the fuel used in incineration has affected thesurroundingarea.
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The terms ' environment ' and ' setting ' will be used interchangeably to relate to the care home building and immediatesurroundingareathat is available to the residents.
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Austen primary school is in a rural setting with the children coming from the small village itself and thesurroundingarea.
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This study is concerned with those patients who receive radical radiotherapy to the affected breast and immediatelysurroundingareafollowing conservative surgery (lumpectomy with or without axillary sampling/clearance).
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Jaca's close commercial interdependency with thesurroundingareawas combined with trade activities beyond.
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Nine per cent of the couples settled in thesurroundingareaafter marriage, compared to 5-5% of individuals who lived there at the time of marriage.
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