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BNC: 19270 COCA: 16512

environs

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environs /ɪnˈvaɪrənz/ noun
environs
/ɪnˈvaɪrənz/
noun
Learner's definition of ENVIRONS
[plural]
: the area that is around a place (such as a city)周边地区
BNC: 19270 COCA: 16512

environs

plural noun

en·​vi·​rons in-ˈvī-rənz How to pronounce environs (audio) -ˈvī(-ə)rnz How to pronounce environs (audio)
1
: the districts around a city
2
a
b
: an adjoining region or space : vicinity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Dislodging the Russians from the environs of the city was one of the great upsets in modern military history—a victory that most analysts in the West hadn’t dared to imagine. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 Its wallpaper showed a verdant forest scene, which felt simultaneously pleasant and cruelly ironic, given the desiccated environs of the town outside. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Its wallpaper showed a verdant forest scene, which felt simultaneously pleasant and cruelly ironic, given the desiccated environs of the town outside. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 In evocative prose, Mishra leads his reader into the claustrophobic inner environs of the desperately wanting. Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic, 5 May 2022 Despite Kenya having one of the highest internet speeds in Africa, only urban centers and their environs enjoy 4G internet speeds. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2022 The city and its environs bear the legacy of that rugged, hardscrabble culture: Two country music stars of the mid–twentieth century, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, were greatly influenced by their time in Bakersfield. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 In the environs of both cities, there were signs that the Ukrainian defenses were crumbling. Nabih Bulos, Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2022 But the movie makes frustratingly little of these environs, just sort of posturing and looking good, as if what matters most to the project is the ability to display its means, the ends be damned. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of environs was in 1665
BNC: 19270 COCA: 16512

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