#environment the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"
supertype: #state_of_affairs__situation the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
subtype: #context__circumstance the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
subtype: #ecology the environment as it relates to living organisms; "it changed the ecology of the island"
subtype: #scope__setting the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
subtype: #canvas.scope__canvass the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history;" "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
subtype: #showcase__show_window a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa"
subtype: #home.environment an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
subtype: #milieu__surroundings the environmental condition
subtype: #sphere.environment__domain__area__field__orbit a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
subtype: #distaff.orbit the sphere of work by women
subtype: #front.orbit a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
subtype: #realm__kingdom__land a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
subtype: #lotusland__lotus_land__lotusland an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence
subtype: #lap.orbit an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"
subtype: #lap_of_the_gods beyond human control or responsibility; "there is nothing more I can do; it's in the lap of the gods now"
subtype: #political_arena__politicalarena__political_sphere__politicalsphere a sphere of intense political activity
subtype: #preserve a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
subtype: #province__responsibility the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
subtype: #street.environment the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"
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