Definitions for Environment
ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt, -ˈvaɪ ərn-en·vi·ron·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 12 votes

1. environmentnoun

   the totality of surrounding conditions

   "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

2. environment, environs, surroundings, surroundnoun

   the area in which something exists or lives

   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 8 votes

1. environmentnoun

   The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

2. environmentnoun

   The natural world or ecosystem.

3. environmentnoun

   All the elements over which a designer has no control and that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

4. environmentnoun

   A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

5. environmentnoun

   The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

   That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.

6. environmentnoun

   The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.

7. environmentnoun

   The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

8. Etymology: As if environ + -ment; compare to environnement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.2 / 9 votes

1. Environmentnoun

   act of environing; state of being environed

2. Environmentnoun

   that which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. environnement.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.5 / 11 votes

1. Environment

   The biophysical environment is the biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism, or population, and includes particularly the factors that have an influence in their survival, development and evolution. The naked term environment can make reference to different concepts, but it is often used as a short form for the biophysical environment. This practice is common, for instance, among governments, that usually name their departments and agencies dealing with the biophysical environment with denominations like Environment Agency. Whereas the expression "the environment" is often used to refer to the global environment, usually as referred to humanity, the number of biophysical environments is countless, given that it is always possible to consider an additional living organism that has its own environment.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:3.8 / 5 votes

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.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:4.1 / 8 votes

1. Environment

   The external elements and conditions which surround, influence, and affect the life and development of an organism or population.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. environment

   An area of space that people, animals and other living organisms live, exist or share.

   The outdoor environment is as important as the home or office environment

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 11, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Environment

   the sum of the influences surrounding or acting upon an organism.

Matched Categories

1. • Geographical Area
   • Situation

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Environment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #759

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Environment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1065

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Environment' in Nouns Frequency: #285

Anagrams for Environment »

1. intern venom

How to pronounce Environment?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Environment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Environment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Environment in a Sentence

1. Scott Brown:

   It's still a very cautious environment.

2. Yasuo Sakuma:

   We already knew the environment hasn't been good for manufacturing equipment orders, and not just at Yaskawa Electric, but we still need to be cautious, considering we're not seeing a bottoming out in orders.

3. Aline Brosh McKenna:

   I always want to create a comfortable environment for people where they feel safe and part of that is making sure that they feel like they're taking care of their family obligations.

4. Adrian Lee:

   If anyone has made money in this environment, it is by being risk averse quite quickly, to some extent, there was a very gradual response to all the information that was coming out of China. So we went risk averse from the end of February and we still are.

5. Henk Jonkers:

   You need bacteria that can survive the harsh environment of concrete, it's a rock-like, stone-like material, very dry.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Environment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Environment
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Environment
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Environment
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Environment
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Environment