environments

nounsurroundings, atmosphere
nounearth's system of natural resources

Synonyms for environments

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Word Origin & History

c.1600, "state of being environed" (see environ + -ment); sense of "nature, conditions in which a person or thing lives" first recorded 1827 (used by Carlyle to render German Umgebung); specialized ecology sense first recorded 1956.

Example Sentences for environments

It is peculiar how one's environments will influence his actions in after years.

This is because his imagination reaches out and beyond his environments.

The inhabitants of any world would be suited to their environments.

To cut them off from these Environments is in that relation to cut off their Life.

To enjoy them it is necessary that he be in harmony with his environments.

Now you all look at yourselves and at others according to sex and your environments.

The recognition by the Ego of the reality of its environments.

The tide, the currents, and the wind may be regarded as environments.

There was nothing suspicious in the environments of the occasion.

George talked of nothing but atriums and tricliniums and environments.