ambient
Encompassing on all sidesEncompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
» I like listening to ambient music at night.
Meaning
4 sensesEncompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
A cup of warm tea eventually cools to the ambient temperature.
окружа́ющийokružájuščij
completely enveloping
Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
ambient food
ambient warehousing
Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.
Examples
10 sentencesI like listening to ambient music at night.
My brother listens to a music genre called ambient.
The ambient music made her fly into a rage.
The soundtracks of most video games are mostly ambient music.
The ambient noise around me went silent in a matter of seconds.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).
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Forms
more ambient, most ambient| Comparative | more ambient Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ambient Lesson |
regular
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form