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.

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1. environment

   Environment refers to the surroundings and conditions that exist in a particular place, including the physical, biological, and social factors that influence and interact with living organisms and their surroundings. It encompasses natural features such as land, water, air, and ecosystems, as well as human-built elements like buildings, infrastructure, and cultural systems. The environment plays a fundamental role in supporting the life and well-being of all species, including humans, and is vital for ecological balance and sustainability.

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.]

FreebaseRate 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.

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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

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How to pronounce environment?

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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. Hugh Lewis:

   You can look at the build-up of plastic in Earth's oceans, and the build-up of junk in orbit around the Earth as being very similar, the Earth environment and the space environment -- is The Earth environment.

2. Clement Stone:

   You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back

3. Jennifer McQuiston:

   Rocks are collected from the environment and there's bacteria in the environment, so if the rocks weren't sterilized before they went in, that's a possibility, the other thing is the possibility that another component was contaminated and the rocks made a little micro-environment in that bottle for the bacteria to grow in.

4. Professor Jonas Buchli:

   The construction site for us, as a robotics researcher, is an interesting environment because it somewhere in between the completely planned and controlled environment of a factory or a lab floor, and the completely chaotic environment of outdoors, so it's kind of a semi-structured environment where we can test and develop the technology that is required for robots to move around and do useful things in such environments.

5. Lee Chiffelle:

   We need this education to promote an inclusive environment, an accepting environment, because LGBTQ-plus teens, they have incredibly high rates of suicide, but when they are placed in an environment that’s accepting to them and inclusive to them, those suicide rates drop drastically.

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