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# environmental

«environmental» in Mova's school dictionary: **about the natural world — air, water, land, plants and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (environmental)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Environmental means about the natural world — air, water, land, plants and animals — and how people affect it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#m1)

2) Environmental can mean about the surroundings or conditions around someone, like noise or light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons it goes with pollution, climate change, recycling and protecting wildlife: «environmental problems», «environmental group». In everyday life children hear about environmental campaigns and eco-clubs. Phrases: «environmental damage», «environmental issues», «environmentally friendly».

### examples

- Plastic in the sea is a big environmental problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x1)
- Our school has an environmental club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x2)
- Cutting down forests causes environmental damage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x3)
- Environmental scientists study rivers and soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x4)
- Is this packaging environmentally friendly? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x5)
- The new road had an environmental report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x6)
- Greta Thunberg is an environmental campaigner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x7)

### note

Adjective; adverb: environmentally. Spelling trap: «environment» has an n before the m — environ-ment-al. Noun: environment; person: environmentalist. Starts with a vowel sound: «an environmental problem».

### Trees and pragmatics

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