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environment
What does environment mean?
environment (noun): the totality of surrounding conditions.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use environment in a sentence?
- He longed for the comfortable environment of his living room. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce environment?
/ɪnˈvaɪɹənmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does environment come from?
From Middle French environnement.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to environment
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “environment” mean?
an account of real or fictional events
Not quite: that's what story means.
a particular point of time; an instant
Not quite: that's what moment means.
the totality of surrounding conditions
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a generally accepted means of exchange
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