Noun environment has 2 senses
  1. environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"
    --1 is a kind of
    situation, state of affairs
    --1 has particulars:
     context, circumstance; ecology; setting, background, scope; home; milieu, surroundings; sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena; street
    Derived form: verb environ1
  2. environment, environs, surroundings, surround - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
    --2 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
    --2 has particulars:
     ambiance, ambience; medium; setting, scene; element; habitat, home ground; melting pot; parts
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