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• environment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surrounding things or conditions Nouns 1. environment, encompassment, circumjacence, circumference; atmosphere, ambience, aura, medium, surroundings (see circumstance); environs, outposts, outskirts,… …   English dictionary for students

• 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

• setting — noun 1) a rural setting Syn: surroundings, position, situation, environment, background, backdrop, milieu, environs, habitat; spot, place, location, locale, site, scene; area, region, distric …   Thesaurus of popular words

• 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

• Situation awareness — Situation awareness, or SA, is the perception of environmental elements within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future. It is also a field of study concerned with… …   Wikipedia

• situation comedy —    Situation comedies, or sitcoms, focus on a comic situation which is returned to by a small cast of actors in successive episodes. Much of the humour in these shows derives from character, and ‘straight’ actors appear in them more frequently… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• environment — [n] surroundings, atmosphere ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, purlieus …   New thesaurus

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium

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• situation — noun 1) their financial situation Syn: circumstances, (state of) affairs, state, condition 2) I ll fill you in on the situation Syn: the facts, how things stand, the lay of the land, what s going on; informal the score, the scoop …   Thesaurus of popular words

• situation — noun 1) their financial situation Syn: circumstances, state of affairs, state, condition 2) I ll fill you in on the situation Syn: the facts, how things stand, the lie of the land, what s going on; Brit. the state of play; N.Amer. the lay of the… …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary