ambience
noun
Simple meaning
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
ambeeuhnsSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈæmbiəns
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
The atmosphere of an environment
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
Used this way, ambience is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Geography/travel
- Weather/aviation
- Technical/specialist writing
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Common Patterns and Combinations
How this word naturally appears with others.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
A particular environment or surrounding influence.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- atmospherenoun
- predominantlyadverb
- soundnoun
More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin
Synonyms
Sense: particular mood or atmosphere of an environment
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