окружать
surround
to be all around something or someone
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окружать with English translation
окружать usage examples
The mountains surround the small village.
Горы окружают маленькую деревню.
People surrounded the singer after the concert.
Люди окружили певца после концерта.
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окружать synonyms
What's the difference between окружать / обступать / обволакивать / обкрeживать / охватывать
surround — to be all around something or someone
The mountains surround the small village.
Горы окружают маленькую деревню.
Main neutral verb: to be all around someone or something.
The forest surrounded the lake on all sides.
Лес окружал озеро со всех сторон.
Neutral/literary: to surround closely, often as a group of people, a crowd, or objects, with a sense of closing in.
The children were immediately surrounded by journalists.
Детей сразу обступили журналисты.
Conveys a soft, dense, enveloping layer; often used with fog, smoke, smells, feelings, or fabric.
The fog enveloped the city.
Туман обволакивал город.
Stronger and more specific: to surround in a military, police, or tactical sense, usually to prevent escape.
The troops surrounded the city for several days.
Войска обкреживали город несколько дней.
Very close, but more often means 'to encompass completely' in a spatial or abstract sense; can sound more bookish.
The panorama encompassed the whole city.
Панорама охватывала весь город.
A descriptive intensified variant: emphasizes that someone or something literally occupies the space around another object.
High mountains surrounded the valley.
Высокие горы окружали собой долину.
Not a verb, but an adverbial phrase: specifies that the surrounding happens all around, completely.
The house is surrounded by trees on all sides.
Дом окружён деревьями со всех сторон.
Conversational neutral adverb/particle: indicates being around, in a circle; not a precise verbal synonym on its own.
Tall fir trees stood all around.
Кругом стояли высокие ели.
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How to pronounce окружать and what this word means
окружать translation: surround. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.
how to pronounce окружать
[ɐkrʊˈʐatʲ]
окружать translation
surround
окружать examples
The mountains surround the small village.
окружать transcription
[ɐkrʊˈʐatʲ]
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окружать meaning: what does it mean?
быть со всех сторон вокруг чего-то или кого-то
окружать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
окружать is pronounced as [ɐkrʊˈʐatʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
окружать definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
The mountains surround the small village. Translation: Горы окружают маленькую деревню.
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