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Another word for environment

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Noun

  1. Existing surroundings that affect an activity

    See also:

    be

  2. A surrounding area

    See also:

    place

    near

  3. The totality of surrounding conditions and circumstances affecting growth or development

    See also:

    place

    limited

    be

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Another word for environment

Noun
© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The environment in the Arctic Circle is very hostile.

  • Many influences operating for a long period of time on the character and the environment of a class go to determine its standard of life.

  • Mary needs an environment without stress.

  • The law was a win for the environment.

  • His father died when he was three, his mother when he was only seven, and he grew up in a brutal and degrading environment where he learnt to hold human life and human dignity in contempt.

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