ADJ
- immediate
- Cold-blooded animals depend on the temperature of their immediate environment
- alien, new, unfamiliar
- changing
- protected, safe, secure, stable
- friendly
- pleasant
- clean, healthy
- stimulating
- favourable
- This period provided a favourable environment for the spread of communism
- uncertain, unstable
- dangerous
- noisy
- competitive
- hostile
- extreme, harsh
- fragile
- Walkers can unwittingly damage the fragile environment in which the birds live
- rural, urban
- arid, cold, warm
- aquatic, coastal, forest, mountain
- domestic, family, home
- Children learn best in their home environment
- physical
- cultural, emotional, social
- office, work, working, workplace
- A comfortable working environment will increase productivity
- classroom, educational, learning, school, teaching, training
- economic, financial
- Investors are showing more caution in the current economic environment
- political
- business, commercial, corporate
- She now had to transfer her design skills to a commercial environment
- professional
VERB + ENVIRONMENT
- create, provide
- parents who strive to provide a stimulating environment for their children to grow up in
- adapt to
- creatures that have adapted to hostile desert environments
- improve
- explore
- The cat walked round, exploring its new environment
PREP
- in an/the ~
- people working in increasingly competitive environments
ADJ
- natural
- global, world
- local
VERB + ENVIRONMENT
- preserve, protect, safeguard
- The government should do more to protect the environment
- clean spokesman, spokeswoman
- policy
- conference
- protection
- issues
PREP
- in the ~
- the amount of carbon in the environment
PHRASES
- conservation/protection of the environment, damage to the environment
- farming methods that minimize damage to the environment
- harmful to the environment
- The label identifies the products that are least harmful to the environment
- pollution of the environment up, improve
- have an impact on
- factors that have a huge impact on the environment
- damage, harm, pollute
- industries which damage the environment
ENVIRONMENT + NOUN
- agency, committee, department, group, ministry
- minister, official,