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# environmental

adjective (environmental)

«environmental» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Environmental means about the natural world — air, water, land, plants and animals — and how people affect it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#m1)
2. Environmental can mean about the surroundings or conditions around someone, like noise or light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons it goes with pollution, climate change, recycling and protecting wildlife: «environmental problems», «environmental group». In everyday life children hear about environmental campaigns and eco-clubs. Phrases: «environmental damage», «environmental issues», «environmentally friendly».

### Examples

- Plastic in the sea is a big environmental problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x1)
- Our school has an environmental club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x2)
- Cutting down forests causes environmental damage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x3)
- Environmental scientists study rivers and soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x4)
- Is this packaging environmentally friendly? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x5)
- The new road had an environmental report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x6)
- Greta Thunberg is an environmental campaigner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/#x7)

### Note

Adjective; adverb: environmentally. Spelling trap: «environment» has an n before the m — environ-ment-al. Noun: environment; person: environmentalist. Starts with a vowel sound: «an environmental problem».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «environmental» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/environmental/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«environmental» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/environmental.html) on Mova free.