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am·bi·ence
 ambience
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- pronunciation:
- aem
bi
 ns
[or]
am
bi
ans
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
variant of ambiance.
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| related words: |
ambiance |
adjective + (n.)ambience
artificial, authentic, casual, cozy, elegant, festive, genteel, interior, lively, outdoor, overall, quiet, refined, serene, small-town, unique, urban
verb + (n.)ambience
add, capture, contribute, create, destroy, enjoy, maintain, prefer, re-create, soak
(n.)ambience
+ verb
challenge, exude, improve, relax, suit
noun + (n.)ambience
architecture,
aroma,
atmosphere,
aura,
bath,
candle,
ceiling,
chicken,
comfort,
convenience,
decor,
elegance,
food,
middle,
mood,
ocean,
reaction,
resort,
selection,
shop,
surroundings,
touch,
village,
warehouse,
wine
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The word ambience
contains the following parts:
ambi-
Latin
prefix
that means both, on both sides, around
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- amphi-, ampho-
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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