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environ

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪɹən/

The English word “environ” has 12 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. In the neighbourhood; around.
  2. Almost, nearly.

verb

  1. To encircle or surround (someone or something).
  2. To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.
  3. To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)).
  4. To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).
  5. Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).
  6. Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.
  7. Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).
  8. To amount to or encompass (a space).
  9. To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

noun

  1. A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.

Etymology

From Middle English enviroun (“round about in a circle or ring; all around”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman enviroun, environ [and other forms], and Middle French enviroun, environ [and other forms], from Old French environ (“around, surrounding; about, approximately, roughly”) (modern French environ), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in; into’) + viron (“circuit; circumference, compass; country…

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