- 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 - 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