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environment

/ɪnvˈaɪɹʌnmʌnt/noun4 syllables

Environment means: the area in which something exists or lives.

Synonyms for environment3

noun, as in the area in which something exists or lives

What does environment mean?2

noun

1

the area in which something exists or lives“the country — the flat agricultural surround”

2

the totality of surrounding conditions“he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Environment in a sentence

  • If mankind doesn't take care of the environment, the environment may eliminate mankind.CK
  • Although the unemployment problem can't be ignored, the environment problem is also very important.Dejo
  • Wherever you are, we'll provide a comfortable work environment.fcbond
  • Maybe in another universe, sentient beings, as well as their very environment, are incorporeal.nonong
  • Over time, he got used to the new environment.freddy1
  • This is a very good restaurant, and with an excellent environment, as well.FeuDRenais2
  • In such an urban environment, anything could happen at any moment.OsoHombre
  • If we don't take care of the environment, it'll take vengeance against us.LeeSooHa

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of environment

as a noun

plural
environments