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- pronunciation:
- ihn
vaI
 rn
men
tl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of or having to do with the surroundings of something, especially the natural surroundings.
Building a mall here will cause a great deal of environmental damage.
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(adj.)environmental
+ noun
advocate,
agency,
attitude,
awareness,
benefit,
catastrophe,
concern,
condition,
consequence,
conservation,
consideration,
consultant,
cooperation,
cost,
crisis,
damage,
destruction,
disaster,
education,
enforcement,
engineer,
engineering,
exposure,
factor,
group,
hazard,
health,
impact,
implication,
improvement,
influence,
initiative,
issue,
justice,
knowledge,
law,
legislation,
literacy,
management,
monitoring,
movement,
objective,
organization,
planning,
policy,
pollution,
print,
problem,
professional,
protection,
provision,
quality,
racism,
regulation,
requirement,
resource,
restriction,
review,
risk,
safety,
science,
scientist,
specialist,
standard,
statement,
stress,
variable
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The word environmental
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, annual, artificial, biblical, brutal, capital, central, chemical, classical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, personal, plural, political, potential, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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