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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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Environment and Ecology Information +
(ecology is the study of the relationship between organisms and the environments in which they live, including all living and nonliving components)
Views of Nature
(A visual presentation of various plants, animals, insects and other forms of life in their environments)
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biotic environment (s) (noun phrase), biotic environments (pl)
The part of an organism's environment produced by its interaction with other organisms: The biotic environment of a living thing involves its surroundings in relationship and interaction with other organisms.
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