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ambience
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ambience
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ambience has 2 senses
- ambience(n = noun.state) ambiance, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" is a kind of condition, status
- ambience(n = noun.location) ambiance - the atmosphere of an environment; Array is a kind of environment, environs, surround, surroundings
has particulars: genius loci, gloom, gloominess, glumness, miasm, miasma, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone
Derived form adjective ambient1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ambience, n. (also ambiance) the surroundings or atmosphere of a place.
Etymology
AMBIENT + -ENCE or F ambiance
THESAURUS
ambience
alentours, ambient, ambit, atmosphere, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, climate, compass, context, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, gestalt, habitat, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, situation, suburbs, surroundings, total environment, vicinage, vicinity
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