environment

  • 11environment — background, setting, milieu, backdrop, mise en scène …

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  • 12environment — [en vī′rən mənt, invī′rən mənt; ] often [, envī′ərnmənt, invī′ərnmənt] n. [ ENVIRON + MENT] 1. Rare a surrounding or being surrounded 2. something that surrounds; surroundings 3. a) all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding,… …

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  • 13environment — 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… …

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  • 14environment — 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 …

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  • 15environment — en|vi|ron|ment W1S1 [ınˈvaırənmənt] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: environ to surround (14 21 centuries), from Old French environer, from environ around , from viron circle ] 1.) the environment the air, water, and land on Earth, which can be harmed …

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  • 16environment*/*/*/ — [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt] noun 1) [C] the place in which people live and work, including all the physical conditions that affect them Parents are responsible for providing the right environment for their children to learn in.[/ex] He grew up in a harsh… …

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  • 17environment */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt] / US / US [ɪnˈvaɪərnmənt] noun Word forms environment : singular environment plural environments 1) [countable] the place in which people live and work, including all the physical conditions that affect them We need to create a …

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  • 18environment — Literally ‘that which environs or surrounds’, the term is used in various ways in academic discourse. In biology and psychology, environment is frequently juxtaposed to heredity , in an exhaustive division of the causes that shape the character… …

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  • 19environment — 01. There are many things you can do in your everyday life to help protect the [environment], such as recycling or riding a bicycle. 02. My wife and I buy only [environmentally] friendly cleaning products for use in our home. 03.… …

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  • 20Environment — Das Environment (englisch environment = das Umfeld, die Umgebung) ist ein in den späten 1950er Jahren aus dem amerikanischen Englisch entlehnter Begriff für künstlerische Arbeiten, die sich mit der Beziehung zwischen Objekt und der Umgebung… …

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