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The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
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The natural world or ecosystem.
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All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
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A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
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The software or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.
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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.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
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the area in which something exists or lives
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the country--the flat agricultural surround
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Synonyms: environs, surroundings, surround
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Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Narrower terms: ambiance, ambience, medium, setting, scene, element, habitat, home ground, melting pot, parts
the totality of surrounding conditions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room
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Broader terms: situation, state of affairs
Narrower terms: context, circumstance, setting, ecology, background, scope, home, milieu, surroundings, sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena, street
From Middle French environnement. Compare French environnement. By surface analysis, environ + -ment.
Across languages
Translations 246 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
omgewing
— area around something
Albanian :
mjedis
— area around something
Arabic :
بِيئَة
(bīʔa)
— area around something
Arabic :
مُحِيط
(muḥīṭ)
— area around something
Armenian :
շրջապատ
(šrǰapat)
— area around something
Armenian :
միջավայր
(miǰavayr)
— area around something
Azerbaijani :
mühit
— area around something
Azerbaijani :
şərait
— area around something
Bashkir :
тирә-яҡ
(tirə-yaq)
— area around something
Bashkir :
әйләнә-тирә
(əylənə-tirə)
— area around something
Bashkir :
ара
(ara)
— area around something
Belarusian :
асяро́ддзе
(asjaróddzje)
— area around something
Central Bikol :
palibot
— area around something
Bulgarian :
окръже́ние
(okrǎžénie)
— area around something
Bulgarian :
среда́
(sredá)
— area around something
Catalan :
medi
— area around something
Catalan :
ambient
— area around something
Catalan :
entorn
— area around something
Chinese Mandarin :
環境 /环境
(huánjìng)
— area around something
Czech :
prostředí
— area around something
Czech :
okolí
— area around something
Danish :
miljø
— area around something
Danish :
omgivelser
— area around something
Dutch :
omgeving
— area around something
Esperanto :
ĉirkaŭaĵo
— area around something
Estonian :
keskkond
— area around something
Finnish :
ympäristö
— area around something
French :
environnement
— area around something
Galician :
ambiente
— area around something
Georgian :
გარემო
(garemo)
— area around something
Georgian :
გარემოცვა
(garemocva)
— area around something
Georgian :
გარესამყარო
(garesamq̇aro)
— area around something
German :
Umgebung
— area around something
German :
Umwelt
— area around something
Greek :
περιβάλλον
(perivállon)
— area around something
Haitian Creole :
anviwònman
— area around something
Hebrew :
סְבִיבָה
(s'vivá)
— area around something
Hindi :
पर्यावरण
(paryāvraṇ)
— area around something
Hindi :
वातावरण
(vātāvraṇ)
— area around something
Hungarian :
környezet
— area around something
Hungarian :
környék
— area around something
Icelandic :
umhverfi
— area around something
Indonesian :
lingkungan
— area around something
Irish :
timpeallacht
— area around something
Italian :
ambiente
— area around something
Japanese :
環境
(kankyō)
— area around something
Kazakh :
айнала
(ainala)
— area around something
Kazakh :
орта
(orta)
— area around something
Kazakh :
төңірек
(töñırek)
— area around something
Kazakh :
маңай
(mañai)
— area around something
Korean :
환경
(hwan'gyeong)
— area around something
Northern Kurdish :
hawir
— area around something
Northern Kurdish :
hawirdor
— area around something
Kyrgyz :
чөйрө
(cöyrö)
— area around something
Latvian :
vide
— area around something
Lithuanian :
aplinka
— area around something
Macedonian :
средина
(sredina)
— area around something
Malay :
persekitaran
— area around something
Māori :
taiao
— area around something
Norwegian Bokmål :
miljø
— area around something
Iranian Persian :
مُحیط
(mohit)
— area around something
Iranian Persian :
پیرامون
(pirâmun)
— area around something
Polish :
środowisko
— area around something
Portuguese :
meio
— area around something
Portuguese :
ambiente
— area around something
Portuguese :
arredores
— area around something
Romanian :
mediu
— area around something
Romanian :
ambient
— area around something
Romanian :
mediu ambiant
— area around something
Russian :
среда́
(sredá)
— area around something
Russian :
окружа́ющая среда́
(okružájuščaja sredá)
— area around something
Russian :
окруже́ние
(okružénije)
— area around something
Sanskrit :
अम्बर
(ambara)
— area around something
Scottish Gaelic :
àrainneachd
— area around something
Serbo-Croatian :
о̀колина
— area around something
Serbo-Croatian :
окруже́ње
— area around something
Serbo-Croatian :
òkolina
— area around something
Serbo-Croatian :
okružénje
— area around something
Slovak :
prostredie
— area around something
Slovene :
okolje
— area around something
Slovene :
okolica
— area around something
Spanish :
ambiente
— area around something
Spanish :
medio
— area around something
Spanish :
entorno
— area around something
Swahili :
mazingira
— area around something
Swedish :
miljö
— area around something
Swedish :
natur
— area around something
Swedish :
omgivning
— area around something
Tajik :
муҳит
(muhit)
— area around something
Tatar :
мохит
(moxit)
— area around something
Telugu :
పర్యావరణం
(paryāvaraṇaṁ)
— area around something
Thai :
สภาพแวดล้อม
— area around something
Turkish :
çevre
— area around something
Ukrainian :
середо́вище
(seredóvyšče)
— area around something
Urdu :
ماحَول
(māhaul)
— area around something
Uyghur :
مۇھىت
(muhit)
— area around something
Uzbek :
muhit
— area around something
Vietnamese :
môi trường
— area around something
Welsh :
amgylchedd
— area around something
Yiddish :
סבֿיבֿה
(svive)
— area around something
Afrikaans :
omgewing
— natural world or ecosystem
Albanian :
mjedis
— natural world or ecosystem
Arabic :
بِيئَة
(bīʔa)
— natural world or ecosystem
Armenian :
շրջակա միջավայր
(šrǰaka miǰavayr)
— natural world or ecosystem
Azerbaijani :
ətraf mühit
— natural world or ecosystem
Bashkir :
тирә-яҡ мөхит
(tirə-yaq möxit)
— natural world or ecosystem
Belarusian :
навако́льнае асяро́ддзе
(navakólʹnaje asjaróddzje)
— natural world or ecosystem
Bulgarian :
око́лна среда́
(okólna sredá)
— natural world or ecosystem
Burmese :
ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်
(pat-wan:kyang)
— natural world or ecosystem
Catalan :
medi ambient
— natural world or ecosystem
Chinese Cantonese :
環境 /环境
(waan4 ging2)
— natural world or ecosystem
Chinese :
環境 /环境
(zh-min-nan)
— natural world or ecosystem
Chinese Mandarin :
環境 /环境
(huánjìng)
— natural world or ecosystem
Czech :
životní prostředí
— natural world or ecosystem
Danish :
miljø
— natural world or ecosystem
Dutch :
milieu
— natural world or ecosystem
Esperanto :
medio
— natural world or ecosystem
Estonian :
keskkond
— natural world or ecosystem
Estonian :
elukeskkond
— natural world or ecosystem
Finnish :
ympäristö
— natural world or ecosystem
French :
environnement
— natural world or ecosystem
Galician :
medio ambiente
— natural world or ecosystem
Georgian :
გარემო
(garemo)
— natural world or ecosystem
German :
Umwelt
— natural world or ecosystem
Greek :
περιβάλλον
(perivállon)
— natural world or ecosystem
Haitian Creole :
anviwònman
— natural world or ecosystem
Hebrew :
סְבִיבָה
(s'vivá)
— natural world or ecosystem
Hindi :
पर्यावरण
(paryāvraṇ)
— natural world or ecosystem
Hindi :
प्राकृतिक पर्यावरण
(prākŕtik paryāvraṇ)
— natural world or ecosystem
Hindi :
वातावरण
(vātāvraṇ)
— natural world or ecosystem
Hungarian :
környezet
— natural world or ecosystem
Icelandic :
umhverfi
— natural world or ecosystem
Indonesian :
lingkungan
— natural world or ecosystem
Italian :
ambiente
— natural world or ecosystem
Japanese :
環境
(kankyō)
— natural world or ecosystem
Kazakh :
қоршаған орта
(qorşağan orta)
— natural world or ecosystem
Khmer :
បរិស្ថាន
(paʼresthaan)
— natural world or ecosystem
Khmer :
មជ្ឈដ្ឋាន
(macchĕəʼthaan)
— natural world or ecosystem
Khmer :
បរិយាការ
(paʼreyaakaa)
— natural world or ecosystem
Korean :
환경
(hwan'gyeong)
— natural world or ecosystem
Lao :
ສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ
(sing wǣt lǭm)
— natural world or ecosystem
Latin :
circumiectum
— natural world or ecosystem
Latvian :
dabiska vide
— natural world or ecosystem
Lithuanian :
gamtinė aplinka
— natural world or ecosystem
Macedonian :
животна средина
(životna sredina)
— natural world or ecosystem
Malay :
alam sekitar
— natural world or ecosystem
Malayalam :
പരിസ്ഥിതി
(paristhiti)
— natural world or ecosystem
Maltese :
ambjent
— natural world or ecosystem
Māori :
aotūroa
— natural world or ecosystem
Māori :
taiao
— natural world or ecosystem
Iranian Persian :
پیرامون
(pirâmun)
— natural world or ecosystem
Iranian Persian :
مُحیطِ زیسْت
(mohit-e zist)
— natural world or ecosystem
Pohnpeian :
mourin sahpw
— natural world or ecosystem
Polish :
ekosystem
— natural world or ecosystem
Polish :
środowisko
— natural world or ecosystem
Polish :
środowisko przyrodnicze
— natural world or ecosystem
Portuguese :
meio ambiente
— natural world or ecosystem
Romanian :
ecosistem
— natural world or ecosystem
Romanian :
mediu ambiant
— natural world or ecosystem
Russian :
окружа́ющая среда́
(okružájuščaja sredá)
— natural world or ecosystem
Russian :
экосисте́ма
(ekosistéma)
— natural world or ecosystem
Scottish Gaelic :
àrainneachd
— natural world or ecosystem
Serbo-Croatian :
о̀колина
— natural world or ecosystem
Serbo-Croatian :
екосу́став
— natural world or ecosystem
Serbo-Croatian :
природни околиш
— natural world or ecosystem
Serbo-Croatian :
òkolina
— natural world or ecosystem
Serbo-Croatian :
ekosústav
— natural world or ecosystem
Serbo-Croatian :
prirodni okoliš
— natural world or ecosystem
Slovak :
životné prostredie
— natural world or ecosystem
Slovene :
naravno okolje
— natural world or ecosystem
Spanish :
medioambiente
— natural world or ecosystem
Spanish :
medio ambiente
— natural world or ecosystem
Spanish :
naturaleza
— natural world or ecosystem
Spanish :
ecosistema
— natural world or ecosystem
Swedish :
miljö
— natural world or ecosystem
Swedish :
ekosystem
— natural world or ecosystem
Tajik :
муҳити зист
(muhit-i zist)
— natural world or ecosystem
Thai :
สิ่งแวดล้อม
(sìng-wɛ̂ɛt-lɔ́ɔm)
— natural world or ecosystem
Turkish :
doğal çevre
— natural world or ecosystem
Ukrainian :
навко́лишнє середо́вище
(navkólyšnje seredóvyšče)
— natural world or ecosystem
Ukrainian :
довкі́лля
(dovkíllja)
— natural world or ecosystem
Urdu :
ماحَول
(māhaul)
— natural world or ecosystem
Urdu :
قُدْرَتی ماحَول
(qudratī māhaul)
— natural world or ecosystem
Vietnamese :
môi trường
— natural world or ecosystem
Vietnamese :
môi sinh
— natural world or ecosystem
Vietnamese :
môi trường sống
— natural world or ecosystem
West Frisian :
miljeu
— natural world or ecosystem
Afrikaans :
omgewing
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Armenian :
միջավայր
(miǰavayr)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Azerbaijani :
mühit
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Bashkir :
мөхит
(möxit)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Bulgarian :
обстано́вка
(obstanóvka)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Bulgarian :
среда́
(sredá)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Catalan :
ambient
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Czech :
prostředí
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Danish :
miljø
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Dutch :
milieu
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Finnish :
ympäristö
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Georgian :
გარემო
(garemo)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
German :
Umfeld
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Greek :
περιβάλλον
(perivállon)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Indonesian :
lingkungan
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Irish :
timpeallacht
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Italian :
ambiente
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Japanese :
環境
(kankyō)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Korean :
환경
(hwan'gyeong)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Iranian Persian :
مُحیط
(mohit)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Polish :
środowisko
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Portuguese :
ambiente
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Romanian :
ambient
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Romanian :
mediu
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Romanian :
climat
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Romanian :
ambianță
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Russian :
среда́
(sredá)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Russian :
окруже́ние
(okružénije)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Russian :
обстано́вка
(obstanóvka)
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Serbo-Croatian :
окруже́ње
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Serbo-Croatian :
okružénje
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Spanish :
ambiente
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Spanish :
clima
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Swedish :
miljö
— political or social setting, arena or condition
Afrikaans :
omgewing
— software or hardware on a computer
Chinese Mandarin :
環境 /环境
(huánjìng)
— software or hardware on a computer
Czech :
prostředí
— software or hardware on a computer
Danish :
miljø
— software or hardware on a computer
Dutch :
omgeving
— software or hardware on a computer
Finnish :
ympäristö
— software or hardware on a computer
German :
Umgebung
— software or hardware on a computer
Greek :
περιβάλλον
(perivállon)
— software or hardware on a computer
Italian :
ambiente
— software or hardware on a computer
Japanese :
環境
(kankyō)
— software or hardware on a computer
Korean :
환경
(hwan'gyeong)
— software or hardware on a computer
Iranian Persian :
اِجْرالان
(ejrâlân)
— software or hardware on a computer
Polish :
środowisko
— software or hardware on a computer
Portuguese :
ambiente
— software or hardware on a computer
Romanian :
mediu
— software or hardware on a computer
Romanian :
sistem de operare
— software or hardware on a computer
Russian :
конфигура́ция
(konfigurácija)
— software or hardware on a computer
Russian :
среда́
(sredá)
— software or hardware on a computer
Serbo-Croatian :
о̀колина
— software or hardware on a computer
Serbo-Croatian :
òkolina
— software or hardware on a computer
Spanish :
sistema operativo
— software or hardware on a computer
Spanish :
programa
— software or hardware on a computer
Spanish :
medio
— software or hardware on a computer
Spanish :
entorno
— software or hardware on a computer
Swedish :
miljö
— software or hardware on a computer
