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1. The totality of surrounding conditions
   "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
    
2. The area in which something exists or lives
   "the country--the flat agricultural environment";
   - environs, surroundings, surround
    
3. Natural life on earth; the global ecosystem
   - natural world
    
4. (computing) the software and/or hardware on any particular computer system

Derived forms: environments

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, situation, state of affairs

Encyclopedia: Environment, Health and Safety