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environ
en·vi·ron E0167900 (ĕn-vī′rən, -vī′ərn)tr.v. en·vi·roned, en·vi·ron·ing, en·vi·rons To encircle; surround: The vast desert environed the oases. [Middle English envirounen, from Old French environner, from environ, round about : en-, in; see en-1 + viron, circle (from virer, to turn; see veer1).]environ (ɪnˈvaɪrən) vb (tr) to encircle or surround[C14: from Old French environner to surround, from environ around, from en-1 + viron a circle, from virer to turn, veer1]en•vi•ron (ɛnˈvaɪ rən, -ˈvaɪ ərn) v.t. to form a circle or ring round; surround; envelop: a house environed by pleasant grounds. [1300–50; Middle English envirounen < Old French environner, derivative of environ around (en en-1 + viron a circle; vir(er) to turn, veer + -on n. suffix)] environ. 1. environment. 2. environmental. 3. environmentalism. environ Past participle: environed Gerund: environing
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I environ | you environ | he/she/it environs | we environ | you environ | they environ |
Preterite |
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I environed | you environed | he/she/it environed | we environed | you environed | they environed |
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I am environing | you are environing | he/she/it is environing | we are environing | you are environing | they are environing |
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I have environed | you have environed | he/she/it has environed | we have environed | you have environed | they have environed |
Past Continuous |
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I was environing | you were environing | he/she/it was environing | we were environing | you were environing | they were environing |
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I had environed | you had environed | he/she/it had environed | we had environed | you had environed | they had environed |
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I will environ | you will environ | he/she/it will environ | we will environ | you will environ | they will environ |
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I will have environed | you will have environed | he/she/it will have environed | we will have environed | you will have environed | they will have environed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be environing | you will be environing | he/she/it will be environing | we will be environing | you will be environing | they will be environing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been environing | you have been environing | he/she/it has been environing | we have been environing | you have been environing | they have been environing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been environing | you will have been environing | he/she/it will have been environing | we will have been environing | you will have been environing | they will have been environing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been environing | you had been environing | he/she/it had been environing | we had been environing | you had been environing | they had been environing |
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I would environ | you would environ | he/she/it would environ | we would environ | you would environ | they would environ |
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I would have environed | you would have environed | he/she/it would have environed | we would have environed | you would have environed | they would have environed | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | environ - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"border, surround, skirt, ringadjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"fringe - decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress"gird, girdle - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden |
environverbTo shut in on all sides:begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring, surround.TranslationsENVIRON
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ENVIRON➣Environment |
environ
Synonyms for environverb to shut in on all sidesSynonyms- begird
- beset
- circle
- compass
- encircle
- encompass
- gird
- girdle
- hedge
- hem
- ring
- surround
Synonyms for environverb extend on all sides of simultaneouslySynonymsRelated Words- adjoin
- contact
- touch
- meet
- fringe
- gird
- girdle
- cloister
- inclose
- shut in
- close in
- enclose
- hem in
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