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environment

en·vi·ron·ment

UK/ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹə.mənt/ US/ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹən.mənt/ common

noun

1.

the totality of surrounding conditions

  • “he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room”
2.

the area in which something exists or lives

  • “the country--the flat agricultural surround”

Origin

From Middle French environnement. Compare French environnement. By surface analysis, environ + -ment.

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