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AMBIENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The atmosphere of an environment
Synonyms:
ambiance; ambience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("ambience" is a kind of...):
environment; environs; surround; surroundings (the area in which something exists or lives)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A particular environment or surrounding influence
Example:
there was an atmosphere of excitement
Synonyms:
ambiance; ambience; atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ambience" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ambience"):
genius loci (the special atmosphere of a place)
gloom; gloominess; glumness (an atmosphere of depression and melancholy)
miasm; miasma (an unwholesome atmosphere)
feel; feeling; flavor; flavour; look; smell; spirit; tone (the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people)
Derivation:
ambient (completely enveloping)
