nounπShareThe surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest."The noisy environment of the school cafeteria made it difficult to concentrate on my homework. "environmentecologynatureessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe natural world or ecosystem."The rainforest environment is home to many unique species of birds. "environmentnatureworldecologygeographyessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAll the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs."The noisy environment in the classroom made it difficult for students to concentrate. "environmentecologynaturesystembiologyessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA particular political or social setting, arena or condition."The new school's strict environment fostered a culture of high achievement. "politicssocietyconditionessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system."That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment."computingtechnologyelectronicsessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point."During the function call to calculate the final grade, the environment included the student's name and their current assignment scores. "computingtechnicalenvironmentfunctionessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process."The operating system's environment settings for the student's research program determined the specific folders and software access available to him. "computingtechnologysystemenvironmentessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading