environment

  • 21environment — en|vi|ron|ment [ ın vaırənmənt, ın vaıərnmənt ] noun *** 1. ) count the place in which people live and work, including all the physical conditions that affect them: We need to create a safe working environment for all of our employees. He grew up …

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  • 22environment — [[t]ɪnva͟ɪ͟ərənmənt[/t]] ♦♦ environments 1) N VAR Someone s environment is all the circumstances, people, things, and events around them that influence their life. Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment... The moral… …

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  • 23Environment — En|vi|ron|ment 〈[ɛnvaıərən ] n. 15; moderne Kunst〉 Arrangement aus Gegenständen u. Bildern, oft mit Geräuschen verbunden, das den Betrachter einbeziehen u. eine bestimmte Wirkung auf ihn ausüben soll [engl., „Umgebung“] * * * En|vi|ron|ment [ɛn… …

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  • 24environment — n. 1) to clean up; preserve, protect the environment 2) to pollute the environment 3) a healthy environment * * * [ɪn vaɪ(ə)rənmənt] preserve protect the environment a healthy environment to clean up to pollute the environment …

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  • 25environment —    Unlike most of Europe, Spain has retained an extraordinarily rich natural environment, owing to geographical and historical factors. A crossroads between Atlantic and Mediterranean, Europe and Africa, it is a region where historical, cultural… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 26environment — noun (C, U) 1 all the situations, events, people etc that influence the way in which people live or work: a helpful learning environment | a more competitive economic environment 2 the environment the air, water, and land in which people, animals …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27environment — /ɛnˈvaɪrənmənt / (say en vuyruhnmuhnt), /ən / (say uhn ) noun 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences. 2. the particular influences on personal development as work conditions, home situation, etc.: a child in a good… …

  • 28Environment — The sum of the total of the elements, factors and conditions in the surroundings which may have an impact on the development, action or survival of an organism or group of organisms. The environment is as opposed to genetics. We are the product… …

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  • 29environment — noun 1) birds from many environments Syn: habitat, territory, domain; surroundings, environs, conditions 2) the hospital environment Syn: situation, setting, milieu, background, backdrop …

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  • 30environment — en•vi•ron•ment [[t]ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt, ˈvaɪ ərn [/t]] n. 1) the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu 2) ecl the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a… …

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