environment Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the totality of surrounding conditions
- he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room
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noun the area in which something exists or lives
surroundings; environs; surround.
- the country--the flat agricultural surround
WordNet
En*vi"ron*ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
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Act of environing; state of being environed. -
That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. It is no friendly environment, this of thine. Carlyle.
