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environment Definition


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environment
noun
    1. The surroundings or conditions within which something or someone exists.
      Thesaurus: surroundings, milieu, ambiance, atmosphere, territory, domain, medium, locale, habitat, conditions, background, setting, situation, context.
    2. The combination of external conditions that surround and influence a living organism.
      Form: the environment (usually)
    3. computing.
      A program, set of programs or an operating system that allows a particular application to be employed.
Derivative: environmental
adj
      Example: environmental issues
Derivative: environmentally
adverb
    Etymology: 17c: from French environnement, from environner to surround.



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