environment (noun)

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• environment — 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 …   Collocations dictionary

• environment — ► 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 …   English terms dictionary

• environment — 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… …   Financial and business terms

• environment — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• environment — noun 1) birds from many environments Syn: habitat, territory, domain; surroundings, environs, conditions 2) the hospital environment Syn: situation, setting, milieu, background, backdrop …   Thesaurus of popular words

• environment — I noun atmosphere, aura, circumstances, context, environs, locality, milieu, situation, surroundings II index atmosphere, climate, locality, location, situation …   Law dictionary

• environment — 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 …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• environment — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• environment — 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,… …   Wiktionary

• environment — 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… …   English new terms dictionary

• environment effects statement — noun a statement of all matters that significantly affect a specified environment to determine whether to proceed with an environmental impact statement …