Environment

n.	1.	Act of environing; state of being environed.
	2.	That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. It is no friendly environment, this of thine. - Carlyle.

Noun	1.	environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"
	2.	environment - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" Synonyms: environs, surround, surroundings

environment - environment variable

ambience, ambient, atmosphere, backdrop, background, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, circumstances, climate, conditions, containment, context, ecosystem, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, envelopment, environs, existing conditions, full particulars, girding, girdling, inclusion, ins and outs, involvement, locale, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, set of conditions, setting, situation, status, status quo, surrounding, territory, total situation, whole picture

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