<B>surround, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to shut in on all sides; enclose; encompass. <BR> <I>Ex. A high fence surrounds the field.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be around; extend around; encircle. <BR> <I>Ex. inscriptions surrounding the base of a monument.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to make available to in abundance; provide unstintingly. <BR> <I>Ex. They surrounded the sick girl with every comfort.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to encompass and beset on all sides with hostile military force, especially so as to cut off from supplies, reinforcements, or retreat. <BR> <I>Ex. to surround a city.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a border or edging of a particular material, nearly or completely surrounding a central piece. <BR> <I>Ex. a plastic surround of the television screen.</I> </DL>
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<B>surroundings, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> surrounding things or conditions; environment. <BR> <I>Ex. The poor child had never had cheerful surroundings.</I> </DL>
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<B>surround-sound, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD><I>noun </I> any high-fidelity sound reproduction or transmission that creates a sense of sound coming from all parts of a room. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with surround-sound. </DL>
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<B>sur-royal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an upper or terminal branch of an antler, above the royal antler. </DL>
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<B>sursum corda,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>lift up your hearts (words said before the Preface of the Mass). <DD><B> 2. </B>words used to incite or encourage. </DL>
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<B>surtax, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an additional or extra tax on something already taxed; supertax. The surtax on incomes usually increases in graded steps in proportion to the amounts by which incomes exceed a certain sum. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to subject to a surtax. </DL>
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<B>surtaxable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be surtaxed. <BR> <I>Ex. surtaxable income.</I> </DL>
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<B>surtout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of single-breasted frock coat with pockets cut diagonally in front, especially one of the type worn by men during the latter 1800's. </DL>
<B>SURV</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Standard Underwater Research Vessel (a type of research submersible made in Great Britain). </DL>
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<B>surveillance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>watch or guard kept over a person or thing, especially over a suspected person, a prisoner, or the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>supervision. <BR> <I>Ex. The teachers promised they would ... supply exam-room surveillance to guard against cheating (Newsweek).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>under surveillance,</B> </I>subject to a watch or guard. <BR> <I>Ex. The police kept the criminal under surveillance.</I> </DL>
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<B>surveillant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who keeps watch over another or others. </DL>
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<B>surveille, </B>transitive verb, <B>-veilled,</B> <B>-veilling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to keep under surveillance; watch or guard closely. <BR> <I>Ex. From foregoing, [I] suspect we are surveilling wrong party (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>survey, </B>verb, noun, pl. <B>-veys.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to look over; view, examine, consider, or contemplate as a whole. <BR> <I>Ex. to survey accounts. Grandma surveyed me with a stern look. The buyers surveyed the goods offered for sale. (Figurative.) The mayor surveyed the situation before recommending action.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to measure for size, shape, position, or boundaries; use linear and angular measurements and apply geometric and trigonometric principles so as to construct a map, plan, or detailed description. <BR> <I>Ex. Men are surveying the land before it is divided into lots.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to survey land. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of viewing or considering something as a whole; general or comprehensive look; view; examination; inspection. <BR> <I>Ex. We were pleased with our first survey of the house. After a moment's survey of her face ... (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a comprehensive literary examination, discussion, or description. <BR> <I>Ex. a survey of contemporary poetry.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a formal or official inspection, study, or poll. <BR> <I>Ex. a survey of public opinion, a research center for business surveys.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a statement or description embodying the result of such examination. <BR> <I>Ex. a published survey of population trends.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the process of measuring for size, shape, position, or boundaries. <BR> <I>Ex. A survey of the property showed that the northern boundary was not correct.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a plan or description of such a measurement. <BR> <I>Ex. He pointed out the railroad on the government survey.</I> </DL>
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<B>surveyable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be surveyed. </DL>
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<B>survey course,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Education.) an introductory course giving a general view of a subject. <BR> <I>Ex. required freshmen survey courses in the four-year colleges (Fred M. Hechinger).</I> </DL>
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<B>surveying, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process, act, or business of making surveys of land. <DD><B> 2. </B>mathematical instruction in the principles and art of making surveys. </DL>
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<B>surveyor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who surveys, especially one who surveys land. <BR> <I>Ex. The surveyor set up his transit and began to make a survey of the road.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) a customs official with the duty of determining the quantity or value of commodities brought into a port from another country. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) <DD><B> a. </B>a quantity surveyor. <DD><B> b. </B>(Archaic.) an architect, especially one in charge of construction. </DL>
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<B>surveyor general,</B> pl. <B>surveyors general,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a principal or head surveyor. <DD><B> 2. </B>an officer of the United States government who supervises the surveys of public lands. </DL>
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<B>surveyor's chain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a measuring instrument used by surveyors, consisting of 100 interlinked metal rods; Gunter's chain. </DL>
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<B>surveyor's compass</B> or <B>dial,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for determining the horizontal direction of a line in reference to the direction of a magnetic needle. </DL>
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<B>surveyorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position of a surveyor. </DL>
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<B>surveyor's level,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument used by a surveyor to determine whether a surface is level; dumpy level. </DL>
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<B>surveyor's measure,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a system of measuring used by surveyors. In the United States, the unit is usually a chain 66 ft., or 20.1168 meters, long with links 7.92 in., or 20.1168 centimeters, long. <DL COMPACT><DD> 1 square link = 62.73 square inches <DL COMPACT><DD> or 404.709 square centimeters <DL COMPACT><DD> 625 square links = 1 square pole <DL COMPACT><DD> or 25.2920 square meters <DL COMPACT><DD> 16 square poles = 1 square chain <DL COMPACT><DD> or 404.6724 square meters <DL COMPACT><DD> 10 square chains = 1 acre <DL COMPACT><DD> or 0.4047 hectare <DL COMPACT><DD> 640 acres = 1 section or 1 square mile <DL COMPACT><DD> or 2.5899 square kilometers <DL COMPACT><DD> 36 sections = 1 township <DL COMPACT><DD> or 93.2364 square kilometers </DL>
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<B>surview, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a view, especially a mental view, of something; survey. </DL>
<A NAME="survivability">
<B>survivability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> capability of surviving or lasting. <BR> <I>Ex. retaliatory missile systems of high survivability (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
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<B>survivable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> capable of surviving or lasting. </DL>
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<B>survival, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or fact of surviving; continuance of life; living or lasting longer than others. <BR> <I>Ex. No small number of what the English stigmatize as Americanisms are cases of survival from former good usage (William D. Whitney).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something that continues to exist after the cessation of something else, or of other things of the kind. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person, thing, custom, or belief that has lasted from an earlier time. <BR> <I>Ex. Belief in the evil eye is a survival of ancient magic. Thanksgiving Day is a survival from before the American Revolution.</I> </DL>
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<B>survival kit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> food, water, medicine and other emergency supplies, in a kit given to the crew of an airplane for use in case of a crash or forced landing. <BR> <I>Ex. They wore long cotton underwear ... winter flying gloves, wool socks, A-13A oxygen masks, B-5 parachutes, and carried A-1 survival kits (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>survival of the fittest,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the fact or the principle that those organisms which are best adapted to their environment continue to live and pass on their favorable features to their offspring, while those of the same or related species which are less adapted perish; the process or result of natural selection. </DL>
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<B>survival value,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) usefulness of any part, characteristic, or function of an organism in enabling the organism to survive. <BR> <I>Ex. Over many generations certain genetically controlled characteristics tend to grow scarce within a population as others gradually replace them, owing to a difference in their survival values (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
