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Environment

Ih-NVY-ruh-nmuhnt

/ɪˈnvaɪrʌnmʌnt/

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environment

Dictionary meaning

The area in which something exists or lives.

Examples

  • We longed for the comfortable environment of home.

Synonyms: environs

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