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Environment

/ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹə.mənt/ · noun

Meaning

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest..

Definitions by Sense

  1. The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
  2. The natural world or ecosystem.
  3. All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
  4. A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
  5. (computing) The software or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
  6. (programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.
  7. (computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Example Sentences

What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, and that accounts for its often-bizarre behavior.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.

Synonyms for environment

domainecosystemsurroundingumbworldsurroundsurroundingsenvirons

Antonyms for environment

Related Words

surroundingssurroundenvironsmilieuambianceambiencesurroundingambientset-upmediumlandscapeframecompartmentparthalfscopesectorconnectiondevelopmentframework

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does environment mean?

Environment means The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest..

What is a synonym for environment?

Common synonyms include domain, ecosystem, surrounding, umbworld.

What is the opposite of environment?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use environment in a sentence?

What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, and that accounts for its often-bizarre behavior.

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