environ

Meaning

Adv

about, close to, around

Noun

a surrounding area

Concepts

about

approximately

around

roughly

some

circa

nearly

close to

just about

more or less

or so

loosely

area

almost

thereabouts

outskirsts

at a guess

about that

before and after

before and behind

context

front and back

longitudinal

throughout

time

toward

by

round

somewhere

ambience

environment

surrounding

round about

-ish

give or take

𐐲𐐹𐑉𐐪𐐿𐑅𐐮𐑋𐐲𐐻𐑊𐐨

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French environ (“around”), from en (“in”) + viron (“a turn”), from virer (“to turn, veer”), whence also French virer.

Sentences

Lorsqu’il commence son journal , le sire de Gouberville a environ trente ans .

When he began his diary, the Lord of Gouberville was about thirty years old.

Le site englobe deux secteurs séparés de environ .

The site encompasses two areas separated by approximately.

Elle se rencontre à environ d'altitude sur le Bukit Bendera.

It is found at about altitude on the Bukit Bendera.

Le ou les foils installés entre les coques portent environ le tiers du déplacement .

The foil (s) installed between the shells carry about a third of the displacement.

Le cimetière abrite environ six mille sépultures où reposent environ vingt-trois mille défunts .

The cemetery houses about six thousand burials where about twenty-three thousand deceased rest.