English · Word Candidate

environment

/ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹə.mənt/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: environments

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Môi trường xung quanh và ảnh hưởng đến một vật thể cụ thể

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Noun

Examples

What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, a

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The natural world or ecosystem.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Thế giới tự nhiên hoặc hệ sinh thái

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Noun

Examples

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “environment” mean?

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Is “environment” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.