Definition of Environment in English :

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Environment meaning in English

Meaning of Environment in English

Pronunciation of Environment in English

Environment pronunciation in English

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Environment

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Noun

1. environment

the totality of surrounding conditions

Example Sentences:
'he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room'

2. environment, environs, surround, surroundings

the area in which something exists or lives

Example Sentences:
'the country--the flat agricultural surround'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Environment

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noun
1. 
external conditions or surroundings, esp those in which people live or work
2. ecology
the external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives, which tend to influence its development and behaviour
3. 
the state of being environed; encirclement
4. computing
an operating system, program, or integrated suite of programs that provides all the facilities necessary for a particular application
a word-processing environment

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Environment

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noun
1.  Rare
a surrounding or being surrounded
2. 
something that surrounds; surroundings
3. 
a. 
all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding, and affecting the development of, an organism or group of organisms
b. 
all of the conditions, circumstances, etc. that surround and influence life on earth, including atmospheric conditions, food chains, and the water cycle
usually with the

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Environment

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n.
1.
a. The totality of the natural world, often excluding humans: "Technology, of course, lies at the heart of man's relationship with the environment" (Mark Hertsgaard).
b. A subset of the natural world; an ecosystem: the coastal environment.
c. The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, behavior, and survival of organisms: "Conditions in a lion's environment ... can drive it to hunt people" (Philip Caputo).
d. The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an individual person or community.
2. The general set of conditions or circumstances: a terrible environment for doing business.
3. Computers
a. The entire set of conditions under which one operates a computer, as it relates to the hardware, operating platform, or operating system.
b. An area of a computer's memory used by the operating system and some programs to store certain variables to which they need frequent access.

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