All 3 Uses
environment
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A Long Way Gone
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- I walked up and down on the verandah, restless in my new environment.
p. 137.9 *environment = surrounding conditions
- It hadn't crossed their minds that a change of environment wouldn't immediately make us normal boys; we were dangerous, and brainwashed to kill.†
p. 135.1
- Because of these things, we were basically left to wander aimlessly about our new environment for the entire first week.†
p. 139.1
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"
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)