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: the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded : the factors and influences that affect the growth, health, progress, functioning, etc., of someone or something the home/school/office environment a safe/supportive environment for children in today's competitive business environment plants grown in a controlled environment an environment conducive to learning Plenty of corner-office occupants want employees to return to the office, the environment in which they built their careers …—The Economist2
the environment : the natural world : the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic elements that exist in nature Commonly, the environment is considered to consist of the atmosphere, water (lakes, dams, streams, oceans, etc.), soils, sediments, suspended sediments and biota.—Des W. Connell … his devotion to "the environment" is unwavering. He refuses, for instance, to serve commercially bottled water, citing the obscene waste of fuel necessary to ship it from the Continent and the sheer excess of all that glass and plastic.—Joe Dolce3
: the position or characteristic position of a linguistic element in a sequence the phonetic environment of a speech sound4
: a computer interface from which various tasks can be performed a programming environment environmentally adverb an environmentally sensitive wetland products marked as environmentally friendly Last Updated: 7 May 2025 - Updated example sentencesSubscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!
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