environment

[ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt]

Definition:
1. The area in which something exists or lives.
2. The conditions that affect the behaviour and development of somebody or something; the physical conditions that somebody or something exists in.

Use 'environment' in a sentence:

1. They seem to want to fossilize the environment in which people live and work.
2. The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the environment.
3. An unhappy home environment can affect a child's behaviour.
4. The broadscale cutting down of trees is damaging the environment.
5. It's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment.
6. People are becoming more sensitized to the dangers threatening the environment.
7. They have created an environment in which productivity should flourish.
8. Students in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment.
9. The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.
10. Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face.
11. We need to establish a legal framework for the protection of the environment.
12. Sometimes the home environment just isn't conducive to reading.
13. He has always been pro the environment.
14. You need to understand how office politics influence the working environment.
15. I set up a ginger group on the environment.
16. Building a dam here could have unforeseeable consequences for the environment.
17. The care of the environment is of prime importance.
18. Quite rightly , the environment is of great concern.
19. A very adaptable creature that will eat different foods in different environments.
20. The indiscriminate use of fertilizers is damaging to the environment.
21. The company had failed to provide a safe environment for its workers.
22. Employers should provide a safe working environment, as far as is reasonably practicable.
23. We need more joined-up thinking in our approach to the environment.
24. It was interesting to be in a different environment.
25. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.
26. His speech called for a step change in attitudes to the environment in the 21st century.
27. These gases cause untold damage to the environment.
28. Because of the extreme cold, the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment.
29. There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment.
30. An added complication is the growing concern for the environment.
31. If our environment cools, then messages from the skin alert the body's thermostat.
32. Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
33. Concern for the environment is at the core of our policies.
34. Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment.
35. This chapter explores the linkage between economic development and the environment.
36. Our ultimate goal must be the preservation of the environment.
37. Some of these chemicals are very damaging to the environment.
38. We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.
39. She works in a predominantly male environment.
40. The environment has become a very hot issue.
41. The oil spill has caused incalculable damage to the environment.
42. An unhappy home environment can affect children's behaviour.
43. The true cost of these experiments to the environment will not be known for years to come.
44. Quite rightly, the environment is of great concern.
45. Children need a caring environment.