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| Main Entry: | climate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather of region |
| Synonyms: | altitude, conditions, humidity, latitude, temperature, aridity, atmospheric conditions, characteristic weather, clime, meteorologic conditions, meteorological character |
| Main Entry: | climate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mood of situation |
| Synonyms: | ambience, atmosphere, disposition, environment, feeling, medium, milieu, mood, surroundings, temper, tendency, trend, ambient, mise-en-scène |
| Main Entry: | ambience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, climate, medium, surroundings, ambient |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambience, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf, ambient, mise-en-scène, nabe |
| Main Entry: | surroundings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ambience, atmosphere, background, climate, community, environs, home, location, medium, milieu, neighborhood, setting, vicinity |
| Main Entry: | temperature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hotness, coldness of some degree |
| Synonyms: | climate, cold, condition, heat, warmth, body heat, calefaction, degrees, febricity, feverishness, incalescence, pyrexia, thermal reading |
| Main Entry: | weather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmospheric conditions |
| Synonyms: | climate, clime, elements |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, attitude, attribute, aura, character, climate, complexion, condition, constitution, disposition, drift, frame of mind, humor, individuality, leaning, makeup, mind, mood, nature, orientation, outlook, peculiarity, personality, posture, property, quality, scene, soul, spirit, state, strain, style, temperament, tendency, tenor, thing*, timbre, tone, trend, type, vein, way, individualism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atmosphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general feeling or mood |
| Synonyms: | air, ambience, aura, background, character, climate, color, environment, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, local color, medium, mood, place, property, quality, scene, semblance, sense, space, spirit, surroundings, taste, tone |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmosphere, setting |
| Synonyms: | ambience, climate, conditions, element, habitat, milieu, surroundings, ambient, influences |
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