immediate environment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandenvironment
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immediate
adjective
uk/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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environment
noun
uk/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Without the ability to inhibit the effect of theimmediateenvironment, long-term goals cannot possibly affect present behavior.
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Diaspores are gravity dispersed and the seed coat rapidly decays, exposing cotyledons to theimmediateenvironmentprior to germination.
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Our assumption is that people first seek support in their ownimmediateenvironmentbefore calling in professional help.
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It also inspired the robust industrial character of the architecture and the palette of materials sourced from theimmediateenvironment.
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Although she has - and does - use synthetic sounds, she tends to prefer real sounds, sampled from theimmediateenvironmentor through the manipulation of objects.
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These are events largely confined to the surface of our planet, events that bring harm or benefit to humans and to theirimmediateenvironment.
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This type of prediction would presumably rely on knowledge related to sociodemographic and emotional features of the child'simmediateenvironmentas well as genetic influences.
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Spatial discourse, no matter how restricted and mediated, will manifest a trace in the underlying mechanisms of human adaptation and habituation to theimmediateenvironment.
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Foxes shed gravid proglottids into theimmediateenvironmentsurrounding the fox pen site.
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Second, comprehending references to absent objects also requires that infants be capable of representing objects that are not perceptually available in theimmediateenvironment.
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The vision requirement is to provide the knowledge-based planning system with the parameterised shape, pose and location information of the objects in theimmediateenvironment.
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Maintenance of one's own life-space was becoming increasingly difficult, amplifying a sense that theimmediateenvironmenthad become unsafe and overwhelming.
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We need not represent even ourimmediateenvironmentin high resolution unless we need to interact directly with it.
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Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background,immediateenvironmentand matters in areas of immediate need.
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Each actor would then build a plan of the house where they lived, room by room, and theimmediateenvironment.
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It might be possible to counteract photothermal effects by specifically altering theimmediateenvironmentof the lased embryo.
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In these processes large amounts of heat are given to or taken from theimmediateenvironment.
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The emphasis was on self-improvement and improvement of theirimmediateenvironment(family, neighbourhood) through dress, rituals and simple living.
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These provide the articulation of the specific patterns of perception or action that must be coordinated tightly with the realities of theimmediateenvironment.
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