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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
environment/ɪnˈvʌɪrənmənt/
noun
  • 1 the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

    Computing the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates.

  • 2 (the environment) the natural world, especially as affected by human activity.
– derivatives
environmental adjective,
environmentally adverb.



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