ambience
playSimple Definition of ambience
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: the mood or feeling of a particular place
Full Definition of ambience
: a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
Examples of ambience in a sentence
the ambience of a tropical island
<the exurb has the unmistakable ambience of old money>
Variants of ambience
ambiance
Origin and Etymology of ambience
French ambiance, from ambiant ambient
First Known Use: 1815
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