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environment (s) (noun), environments (pl)
1. Conditions that surround people or things: Mold grows best in a warm, damp environment.
2. The conditions and influences that affect the growth, health, progress, etc. of someone or something: Maude grew up in a loving environment.

A happy family provides a loving environment for its children.

3. Etymology: from French environ, "around"; so, environment is the total of the things or circumstances around people and nature; and the environs are the "surrounding neighborhood of a place".
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(ecology is the study of the relationship between organisms and the environments in which they live, including all living and nonliving components)
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biotic environment
The part of an organism's environment produced by its interaction with other organisms.
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Environment and Ecology Information.
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