environ

IPA: ɛnvˈaɪrʌn

(archaic except in the plural, formal, also figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.

To encircle or surround (someone or something).
(often military) To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.
(heraldry, chiefly passive voice, obsolete) To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)).
To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).
Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).
(chiefly passive voice) Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.
(figuratively) Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).
(obsolete)
To amount to or encompass (a space).
To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

Examples of "environ" in Sentences

Ici en Caroline du Nord il fera environ 70 sous un ciel bleu et ensoleille.
If global warming is pure crap, then we can die of pollution in a temperate environ, which is impossible anyway.
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.
This provides the kind of environ - ment where individuals are free to solve their problems, economic, personal, environmental, and otherwise.
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'.
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.