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    AMBIENCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The atmosphere of an environmentplay

    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 influenceplay

    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)

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