Environmental Meaning
/ɪnˌvaɪ.ɹə(n)ˈmɛn.təl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPertaining to the environment.
adjEnvironmentally friendly.
Sentence Examples
Environmental problems call for quick action.
Environmental pollution is causing abnormal weather conditions.
She is a writer and broadcaster on environmental matters.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ movement gained momentum after the recent oil spill.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The factory was closed down due to its negative ____ impact on the local area.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English environmental From environment + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition."
— 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
"Because consumers who are buying such productss cannot fully internalize the external utility of their purchase, prices for environmental products and other environmental innovations may be insufficiently high to cover their costs ( Kaas, 1993; Cleff and Rennings, 1999)."
— 2000, Henk Folmer, H. Landis Gabel, Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics, page 365:
"The process to enable migration from the vendor-supplied configuration to a new architecture depends on many system environmentals."
— 2014, Kenneth Barrett, Stephen Norris, Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms, page 136:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ movement gained momentum after the recent oil spill.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The factory was closed down due to its negative ____ impact on the local area.