All 6 Uses of
environment
in
Hoot
- We here at Mother Paula's All-American Pancake Houses, Inc., take pride in our strong commitment to the environment.
p. 172.7environment = the quality of human, animal, and plant life
- Mr. Eberhardt explained that he had borrowed the file, xeroxed every page, and then taken the material to some lawyers who were experts on environmental matters.
p. 279.6 *environmental = relating to the quality of human, animal, and plant life
- Environmental Impact Statement.
p. 280.6environmental impact statement = a report on the effects of certain actions upon the quality of human, animal, and plant life
- The missing Environmental Impact Statement made the front page of the Gazette and ultimately proved to be the fatal blow to the pancake-house project.
p. 282.1
- Consequently, the Environmental Impact Statement conveniently disappeared from the city files.
p. 282.6
- "We want to assure all our customers that Mother Paula's remains strongly committed to protecting our environment," he said, "and we deeply regret that the careless actions of a few former employees and contractors may have put these unique little birds in jeopardy."
p. 284.9environment = natural world (the quality of human, animal, and plant life)
Definitions:
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(1)
(environment as in: the environmental movement) the natural world (life, air, water, land...) -- often used in reference to the impact of human technology
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(2)
(environment as in: her family environment) surrounding conditionsin various senses, including:
- conditions in a location or geographic area -- as in "the desert environment"
- conditions that affect a particular activity -- as in "the learning environment"
- conditions that create a certain mood -- as in "a competitive environment," or "a romantic environment,"
- conditions that impact a particular computer system, subsystem, or program -- as in "the Windows environment"