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sur|re|al|is|tic /səriː əl I st I k/

1 ADJ Surrealistic means the same as surreal . □  …the surrealistic way the movie plays with time.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Surrealistic means related to or in the style of surrealism. □  …Man Ray's surrealistic study of a woman's face with glass teardrops.

sur|ren|der ◆◇◇ /səre ndə ^r / (surrenders , surrendering , surrendered )

1 VERB If you surrender , you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten. □ [V ] He called on the rebels to surrender. □ [V + to ] She surrendered to the police in London last December. ● N‑VAR Surrender is also a noun. □ [+ to ] …the government's apparent surrender to demands made by the religious militants.

2 VERB If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle. □ [V n] Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. ● N‑UNCOUNT Surrender is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the sixteen-day deadline for the surrender of weapons and ammunition.

3 VERB If you surrender something such as a ticket or your passport, you give it to someone in authority when they ask you to. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] They have been ordered to surrender their passports.

sur|re n|der value (surrender values ) N‑COUNT The surrender value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money you receive if you decide that you no longer wish to continue with the policy. [BUSINESS ]

sur|rep|ti|tious /sʌ rəpt I ʃəs, [AM ] sɜː r-/ ADJ A surreptitious action is done secretly. □  He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall. ●  sur|rep|ti|tious|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  Surreptitiously Mark looked at his watch.

sur|ro|ga|cy /sʌ rəgəsi, [AM ] sɜː r-/ N‑UNCOUNT Surrogacy is an arrangement by which a woman gives birth to a baby on behalf of a woman who is physically unable to have babies herself, and then gives the baby to her. □  In this country it is illegal to pay for surrogacy.

sur|ro|gate /sʌ rəge I t, [AM ] sɜː r-/ (surrogates ) ADJ [ADJ n] You use surrogate to describe a person or thing that is given a particular role because the person or thing that should have the role is not available. □  Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son. ● N‑COUNT Surrogate is also a noun. □  Arms control should not be made into a surrogate for peace.

su r|ro|gate mo th|er (surrogate mothers ) N‑COUNT A surrogate mother is a woman who has agreed to give birth to a baby on behalf of another woman.

sur|round ◆◆◇ /səraʊ nd/ (surrounds , surrounding , surrounded )

1 VERB If a person or thing is surrounded by something, that thing is situated all around them. □ [be V -ed] The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence. □ [V n] The shell surrounding the egg has many important functions. □ [V -ing] …the snipers and artillerymen in the surrounding hills.

2 VERB If you are surrounded by soldiers or police, they spread out so that they are in positions all the way around you. □ [be V -ed] When the car stopped in the town square it was surrounded by soldiers and militiamen. □ [V -ed] He tried to run away but gave up when he found himself surrounded.

3 VERB The circumstances, feelings, or ideas which surround something are those that are closely associated with it. □ [V n] The decision had been agreed in principle, but some controversy surrounded it.