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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ecological community, environs |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Earth's system of natural resources |
| Synonyms: | Gaia, atmosphere, biosphere, ecosphere, ecosystem, environs |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
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