Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To encircle; surround.
from The Century Dictionary.
- About; around.
- To surround; encompass; encircle; hem in.
- To go about; pass around; traverse the circuit of.
- Figuratively, to hedge about; involve; envelop: as, the undertaking was environed with difficulties.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete About; around.
- transitive verb To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
surround ; toencircle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Guess now that B ‘n’ A have gone 180 degrees from on-the-set sex to full-time kiddo wrangling, a more wholesome environ is required.
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If global warming is pure crap, then we can die of pollution in a temperate environ, which is impossible anyway.
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If global warming is pure crap, then we can die of pollution in a temperate environ, which is impossible anyway.
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This provides the kind of environ - ment where individuals are free to solve their problems, economic, personal, environmental, and otherwise.
The Genius of Isaac Bashevis Singer Hughes, Ted 1965
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At the strategic level, leaders are outlining tentative foreign policy, reassuring neighbors of cooperation on narcotics, the environ - ment and commerce, while alluding to 'the upcoming system of the country'.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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At the strategic level, leaders are outlining tentative foreign policy, reassuring neighbors of cooperation on narcotics, the environ - ment and commerce, while alluding to 'the upcoming system of the country'.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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Mr. van Wijk: We express them in seven themes: the digital revolution, industrial innovation, changes in consumer behavior and demography, environ mental, social and political changes, and economic growth will be the most important drivers for stocks in the period ahead of us — and investors should be positioned in those companies that benefit the most from these important drivers.
ING's van Wijk Looks at Stocks' 'True Exposures' Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011
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At the strategic level, leaders are outlining tentative foreign policy, reassuring neighbors of cooperation on narcotics, the environ - ment and commerce, while alluding to 'the upcoming system of the country'.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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Ici en Caroline du Nord il fera environ 70 sous un ciel bleu et ensoleille.
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At the strategic level, leaders are outlining tentative foreign policy, reassuring neighbors of cooperation on narcotics, the environ - ment and commerce, while alluding to 'the upcoming system of the country'.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
bilby commented on the word environ
"Then heard he a voice say: Galahad, I see there environ about thee so many angels that my power may not dare thee."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 8, 2009