Environment

Word ENVIRONMENT
Character 11
Hyphenation en vi ron ment
Pronunciations /-mɪnt/

Definitions and meanings of "Environment"

What do we mean by environment?

The totality of the natural world, often excluding humans. noun

A subset of the natural world; an ecosystem. noun

The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, behavior, and survival of organisms. noun

The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an individual person or community. noun

The general set of conditions or circumstances. noun

The entire set of conditions under which one operates a computer, as it relates to the hardware, operating platform, or operating system. noun

An area of a computer's memory used by the operating system and some programs to store certain variables to which they need frequent access. noun

The act of environing or surrounding, or the state of being environed. noun

That which environs; the aggregate of surrounding things or conditions. noun

Act of environing; state of being environed. noun

That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. noun

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

The natural world or ecosystem. noun

All the elements over which a designer has no control and that affect a system or its inputs and outputs. noun

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition. noun

The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system. noun

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. noun

The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process. noun

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

The natural world or ecosystem.

All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

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.

The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

A place all people say we must look after and yet they don't look after it themselves. Urban Dictionary

Something for which the Bush administration has no regard, despite the fact that the degradation of our environment is leading to higher rates of cancer, asthma and other illnesses. Urban Dictionary

- Something we should all care about because if we don't we will die (global warming). - Something 95% of the world population doesn't care about because apparently we all all selfish, and most of all, STUPID. - Something people start to realize why they should care about the environment, when it comes at the very end of it all. (See stupid) Urban Dictionary

1. (n.) An ancient occurrence that was once a flourishing, magnificent and undisturbed phenomenon observable across the entire globe. 2. (n.) A figment of the past that has now been obliterated by the over consumption and excessive waste of mankind, only to be replaced by an artificial, grey and oblique simulative like world. Urban Dictionary

Something Trump doesn't give a fuck about. Now, money and power are another story. Urban Dictionary

Place or spot near another place or spot. Short for environment. Urban Dictionary

It means that the person you are is a direct result of how you grew up. The "environment" you were brought up in influenced the decisions you make now. Your environment makes you who you are. Urban Dictionary

A place or area where rules, regulations and behavioral norms are subject to strict enforcement or scrutiny. A person responsible for maintaining order in a controlled environment will normally strive to appear consistent when out in the open, but may enforce rules arbitrarily behind closed doors. Urban Dictionary

An expression that states that people may behave or act a certain way as a result of the environment they live in. So for example if someone lives in a poverty stricken area and cannot get a job, they may become a thief. If someone grows up in an environment such as Communist China, that person may become a Communist himself. Urban Dictionary

Means being generally professional, upstanding, and performing “by the book” in behavior, words, or person. Opposite or being street or hood. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Environment

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The word "environment" in example sentences

I have to admit that some of the insights had a “Well, Duh!” quality when I first read them ie that a phenotype which enjoys a reproductive advantage in one environment may be selected against in another environment*. ❋ Unknown (2006)

That is, a non-mammalian is a fertilized egg _plus_ its parental (or extra-parental) environment; but a mammalian individual is a fertilized egg, _plus its intra-maternal environment_, plus its non-parental environment. ❋ Melvin Moses Knight (1934)

A Goldman spokesman said: "The firm produced very good results for 2009, but the environment is very difficult and the board was mindful of that difficult ­environment in making decisions about executive compensation." ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, I use the term environment in a different way than most are accustomed to. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The term environment is used in this statement broadly to also include health, safety, and the conservation of natural resources. ❋ ITY National Archives (1999)

The term environment of evolutionary adaptedness attachment theory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Trying to influence people's behaviour towards the environment is admirable, not political," maintained everchanging. ❋ Phil Daoust (2010)

The impact on the environment is the same or worse. ❋ Nick Joy (2010)

“The job of ensuring energy companies are following the law and protecting the safety of their workers and the environment is a big one,” Mr. Salazar said, “and should be independent from other missions of the agency.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It's nowhere near the glory days, particularly in places like the U.S., and I don't think the environment is all that golden in Australia either, with interest rates rising sharply." ❋ Ross Kelly (2010)

Whether or not they are subject to their environment is a matter of the worldscape that they inhabit, the alethic quirks that construct it. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Attempts by Europe's far right to couch their anti-immigrant arguments in the language of the environment is another thing that surprised me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ephemera throughout the environment is as detailed as I've seen anywhere. ❋ Ben Abraham (2009)

But first, let's take a look at the political, social and economic causes, and foreign influences as well, because we can't forget that the environment is a single, coherent unit. ❋ Beverly Bell (2010)

"[The environment] is being [ruined] by all this polution the world is [creating]" ❋ Sarah (2003)

Bush claims to care about [the environment] but has tried [to roll] back every major [environmental] protectoin law that has ever existed ❋ Middle America (2004)

Hevick of the [Bahamas] didn't care about [the environment], and he also thought it was foolish to and thought "why care about the environment?" Hevick's country was hit by global warming along with severe [floods]. Then he realized for not caring about the environment, he wasn't the only fool that caused global warming, he also realized why to care about the environment. He now has common sense. ❋ Caitlin13579 (2008)

"I heard [the environment] used to be all over this place. [Hard to believe] this air used to be breathable, and this place was filled with more than just the color [grey]." ❋ Achet3 (2011)

I was living the other day in the environment just like all humans do and [realized] that the [U.S]. President doesn't [give a fuck] about it. ❋ Von Groovy (2017)

[My mother] be [gettin'] [all up] in my environs. Yea dude she was cleaning. ❋ Little Thunder (2020)

So for example, [product of the environment] implies that if one grows up in a home full of [domestic violence], one of the children in that home may become violent as well when they have a family of their own. If someone grows up in the hood, that person may become a gangster. If somebody grows up in a descent home that is filled with good resources (computer, good books, television, radio, etc.), then they are more likely to become successful. If somebody grows up in a Christian home, they will most likely become a Christian. If somebody grows up in [the Middle East] or in a home with Muslim parents, they are more likely to be Muslim. ❋ Dancing With Fire (2011)

Kids who [grow up] in excessively controlled environments often fall behind in college, having all that freedom to [cut loose] but [not knowing] how to manage it. ❋ D.S. Credito (2015)

“You hear it in the strength of my voice and in my rhythm, Now you know, how I was livin, It happened to me, like it happened to Serch, Prime Minister Pete Nice`ll kick the verse, in Bed-Stuy with my boy, [Kiwai] Height, The K to A Kingston, Wednesday night, To the Empire, show slammin, Open for Dana, crew flammin, Mouth open wide, or listening, Dumb dope with a forty in my system, Unprotected but respected for [my own self], Cause of talent, no shade, or nothin else, A time of tension, racially fenced in, I came off (and all the brothers blessed him), I left more than a mark, I left a dent, Cause I'm a [product of the environment].” – Pete Nice of 3rd Bass (Hip Hop Group) ❋ ♫ Highway To Hell ♫ (2009)

Girl, I gave that dude [my number] the other day and he called me at [2am] for a booty call! I don’t know who he thinks he is, but this is a [corporate environment]! ❋ DANNIP (2009)

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