environment

A2 Topic:Environment & Ecology

US /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɚn.mənt/ UK /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹə.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3240

Meanings

1

noun
The natural world of land, air, water, plants, and animals.

Recycling helps protect the environment from pollution.
2

noun
The conditions and surroundings in which someone lives or works.

Children learn best in a calm and supportive environment.
3

noun
The software or hardware set-up on a computer system.

That program runs only in the Windows environment.

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2 noun · the conditions and... environs surroundings

More domain ecosystem surroundingumbworld

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Forms environments

Derived forms agroenvironmentantienvironmentbioenvironmentcryoenvironmentcyberenvironmentecoenvironmentenvironmentabilityenvironmentalenvironmentologyenvironmetricsgeoenvironmenthydroenvironment

Related forms environ environmentalism environmentalist

Etymology

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

environnement Middle French

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# environment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɚn.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹə.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 3240

## Meanings
1. The natural world of land, air, water, plants, and animals.
2. The conditions and surroundings in which someone lives or works.
3. The software or hardware set-up on a computer system.

## Examples
- Recycling helps protect the environment from pollution.
- Children learn best in a calm and supportive environment.
- That program runs only in the Windows environment.

## Synonyms
- domain
- ecosystem
- surrounding
- umbworld

## Derived Forms
- agroenvironment
- antienvironment
- bioenvironment
- cryoenvironment
- cyberenvironment
- ecoenvironment
- environmentability
- environmental
- environmentology
- environmetrics
- geoenvironment
- hydroenvironment

## Related Forms
- environ
- environmentalism
- environmentalist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: environnement

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

## AI Etymology
Environment comes from Middle French environnement. Compare French environnement. By surface analysis, environ + -ment. In current use, the main senses are “The natural world of land, air, water, plants, and animals” and “The conditions and surroundings in which someone lives or works”.

## Topics
- Environment & Ecology

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