surrounding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of surround

noun

1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
2. An environment.

   “It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding.”

   “They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.”