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am·bi·ent
 ambient
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- pronunciation:
- aem
bi
 nt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
surrounding or encompassing.
The ambient temperature is low enough to affect the operation of computers. |
| definition 2: |
of music, characterized by sound and pattern rather than distinct notes of melody or rhythmic structure.
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adverb + (adj.)ambient
below, close, rapidly, regardless, significantly
(adj.)ambient
+ noun
air,
atmosphere,
awareness,
background,
brightness,
carbon,
concentration,
condition,
criteria,
dashboard,
dioxide,
e-mail,
environment,
frequency,
gas,
hum,
humidity,
illumination,
intelligence,
intimacy,
laboratory,
lead,
level,
light,
lighting,
medium,
metal,
mix,
music,
noise,
ocean,
odor,
operating,
oxygen,
ozone,
plasma,
pollutant,
pollution,
portraiture,
precipitation,
pressure,
quality,
radiation,
rainfall,
range,
recording,
regime,
sampler,
seawater,
setting,
smoke,
soil,
sound,
standard,
sulfur,
sunlight,
surroundings,
techno,
temperature,
trace
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a type of instrumental music characterized by patterns of sound rather than melodic form or rhythmic structure, and which can be explicitly listened to or serve as background or atmospheric sound.
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The word ambient
contains the following parts:
ambi-
Latin
prefix
that means both, on both sides, around
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- amphi-, ampho-
it, itiner
Latin
root
that means journey, road
Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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