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# environment

«environment» in Mova's school dictionary: **the natural world — air, water, land, plants and animals…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the environment; an environment, environments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The environment is the natural world — air, water, land, plants and animals — that all living things depend on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#m1)

2) An environment is the surroundings and conditions where a person, animal or plant lives or works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#m2)

3) In computing, an environment is the set of programs and settings you work in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons we study how plants and animals are adapted to their environment, and how pollution, litter and climate change harm the environment; recycling, saving energy and planting trees help protect it. At school a «safe learning environment» means a classroom where everyone feels safe. Phrases: «protect the environment», «harm the environment», «a safe environment», «environment-friendly», «natural environment».

### examples

- We should protect the environment by recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x1)
- Litter is bad for the environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x2)
- A polar bear's environment is cold and icy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x3)
- Plants need the right environment to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x4)
- Our school wants a safe, friendly environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x5)
- Cars that burn petrol pollute the environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x6)
- Camels are adapted to a desert environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x7)
- Saving water is good for the environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/#x8)

### note

Tricky spelling: there is an n before the m: enviro-N-ment. Adjective: environmental. «The environment» (with «the») usually means nature in general.

### In the corpora

- [A charity is an organisation that helps people, animals or the environment, paid for by money the public gives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/16/)
- [The environment is everything around us: air, water, soil, plants and animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/57-environment/0/)
- [Pollution is putting harmful things into the environment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/57-environment/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «environment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.