environment
noun
the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
environments
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pluralof environment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The researchers created a specialized arena in which mice could be virtually "teleported" between environments associated with danger and safety.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
This suggests that the processes responsible for creating planetesimals may have operated in much the same way across different environments.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Chinese research vessels crisscross the world’s oceans and study critical undersea environments, gathering troves of data for use by scientists, companies and naval commanders alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The charity is built around what is known as "green and blue health", which encourages people to use natural environments such as forests, beaches and the sea to improve their health.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
In addition to restricting the overall size of their virtual environments, earlier MMOs had been forced to limit their virtual populations, usually to a few thousand users per server.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
