| NOUN | state | environment | the totality of surrounding conditions |
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| location | environment, environs, surroundings, surround | the area in which something exists or lives |
| Sounds | ihnvay'rahnmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | The totality of surrounding conditions. | |
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| Example | "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" | |
| Narrower | context, circumstance, setting | The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event |
| ecology | The environment as it relates / relates to living organisms | |
| home | An environment offering affection and security | |
| milieu, surroundings | The environmental condition | |
| setting, background, scope | The state of the environment in which a situation exists | |
| sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena | A particular environment or walk of life | |
| street | The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction | |
| Broader | situation, state of affairs | The general state of things |
| Spanish | entorno, medio | |
| Catalan | entorn, medi | |
| Adjectives | environmental | of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings |
| Meaning | The area in which something exists or lives. | |
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| Synonyms | environs, surroundings, surround | |
| Narrower | ambiance, ambience | The atmosphere of an environment |
| element | The most favorable environment for a plant or animal | |
| habitat, home ground | The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs | |
| medium | The surrounding environment | |
| melting pot | An environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated | |
| parts | The local environment | |
| setting, scene | The context and environment in which something is set | |
| Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
| Spanish | ambiente, entorno, inmediaciones | |
| Catalan | entorn, voltant, volt, volts | |
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