environment (noun)
1environment — noun 1 conditions of the place where you are ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate ▪ Cold blooded animals depend on the temperature of their immediate environment. ▪ external ▪ alien, new, unfamiliar …
2environment — ► NOUN 1) the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. 2) (the environment) the natural world, especially as affected by human activity. 3) Computing the overall structure within which a user, computer, or …
3environment — en‧vi‧ron‧ment [ɪnˈvaɪərənmənt ǁ ˈvaɪr ] noun [countable] 1. the environment the air, water, and land in which people, animals, and plants live: • Since these chemicals were banned, pesticide levels in the environment have been declining. 2. the… …
4environment — noun (C, U) 1 all the situations, events, people etc that influence the way in which people live or work: a helpful learning environment | a more competitive economic environment 2 the environment the air, water, and land in which people, animals …
5environment — noun 1) birds from many environments Syn: habitat, territory, domain; surroundings, environs, conditions 2) the hospital environment Syn: situation, setting, milieu, background, backdrop …
6environment — I noun atmosphere, aura, circumstances, context, environs, locality, milieu, situation, surroundings II index atmosphere, climate, locality, location, situation …
7environment — noun 1) the hospital environment Syn: situation, setting, milieu, background, backdrop, context, conditions, ambience, atmosphere 2) the impact of pesticides on the environment Syn: the natural world …
8environment — noun Date: 1827 1. the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded 2. a. the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and… …
9environment — noun /ɪnˈvaɪɹə(n)mɨnt,ɪnˈvaɪɚ(n)mɨnt/ a) The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest. That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment. b) The natural world or ecosystem. See Also: environ, environmentalist,… …
10environment — noun 1》 the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. ↘Computing the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates. 2》 (the environment) the natural world, especially as affected… …