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1. (n.) environment
the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
2. environment
the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
3. environment
the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population.
4. environment
the hardware or software configuration of a computer system.
Etymology: (1825–30)
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| Definition of 'environment' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) environment
the totality of surrounding conditions
"he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
2. (noun) environment, environs, surroundings, surround
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
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1. environment
the conditions in which sb lives or works
How does a child's environment affect their emotional health?; to improve the working environment
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| Definition of 'environment' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) environment
act of environing; state of being environed
2. (noun) environment
that which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development
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| Definitions of 'environment' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. environment
a term of extensive use in biological science, especially employed to denote the external conditions which go to determine modifications in the development of organic life to the extent often of producing new species.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. environment
The external elements and conditions which surround, influence, and affect the life and development of an organism or population.
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Sense: (a set of) surrounding conditions, especially those influencing development or growth
An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime; We should protect the environment from destruction by modern chemicals etc.
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 Afrikaans: omgewing |
 Arabic: بيئَه |
 Bulgarian: околна среда |
 Brazilian: ambiente |
 Czech: prostředí |
 German: die Umgebung, die Umwelt |
 Danish: omgivelser; miljø |
 Greek: περιβάλλον |
 Spanish: entorno, medio ambiente |
 Estonian: keskkond |
 Farsi: محیط |
 Finnish: ympäristö |
 French: milieu, environnement |
 Hebrew: סְבִיבָה |
 Hindi: पर्यावरण |
 Croatian: okoliš, okolina |
 Hungarian: környezet |
 Indonesian: lingkungan |
 Icelandic: (náttúrlegt) umhverfi |
 Italian: ambiente |
 Japanese: 環境 |
 Korean: 환경 |
 Lithuanian: aplinka |
 Latvian: vide |
 Malay: persekitaran |
 Dutch: milieu |
 Norwegian: omgivelser, miljø |
 Polish: środowisko |
 Persian: محیط |
 Pashto: چاپېريال، محيط |
 Portuguese: ambiente |
 Romanian: împrejurimi, mediu înco |
 Russian: окружение; окружающая сре |
 Slovak: životné prostredie |
 Slovenian: okolje |
 Serbian: životna sredina |
 Swedish: miljö, levnadsförhållande |
 Thai: สภาพแวดล้อม |
 Turkish: çevre |
 Taiwanese: 環境 |
 Ukrainian: оточення; середовище |
 Urdu: ماحول |
 Vietnamese: môi trường |
 Chinese: 环境 |
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