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[en-kuhm-puhs] 
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| Main Entry: |
achievement
[uh-cheev-muhnt]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something completed successfully; goal reached |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition |
| Synonyms: | admittance, composition, comprisal, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, formation, incorporation, insertion, involvement, subsumption |
| Antonyms: | exclusion, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, area, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, environs, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, location, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, vicinity, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | materialization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embodiment |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, archetype, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, embracement, encompassment, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplification, expression, exteriorization, externalization, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, manifestation, matter, objectification, organization, personalization, personification, prosopopoeia, quintessence, realization, reification, structure, substantiation, symbol, systematization, type |
| Main Entry: | mise en scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, atmosphere, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, world, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | objectification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embodiment |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, archetype, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, embracement, encompassment, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplification, expression, exteriorization, externalization, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, manifestation, materialization, matter, organization, personalization, personification, prosopopoeia, quintessence, realization, reification, structure, substantiation, symbol, systematization, type |
| Main Entry: | personalization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embodiment |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, archetype, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, embracement, encompassment, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplification, expression, exteriorization, externalization, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, manifestation, materialization, matter, objectification, organization, personification, prosopopoeia, quintessence, realization, reification, structure, substantiation, symbol, systematization, type |
| Main Entry: | prosopopeia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embodiment |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, archetype, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, embracement, encompassment, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplification, expression, exteriorization, externalization, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, manifestation, materialization, matter, objectification, organization, personalization, personification, prosopopoeia, quintessence, realization, reification, structure, substantiation, symbol, systematization, type |
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