noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a carnival/festive atmosphere (= when people are celebrating something )
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Outside the stadium, there was a carnival atmosphere.
election/carnival etc fever (= great interest or excitement about a particular activity or event )
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Soccer fever has been sweeping the nation as they prepare for the World Cup.
funeral/wedding/carnival etc procession
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
atmosphere
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As the march swelled to 4,000, a carnival atmosphere swept through the crowd.
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Much of the popular carnival atmosphere of traditional democratic politics was eliminated.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Caroline who had moved to a new area was asked by a neighbour to join a committee planning the local summer carnival .
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It was as wild as a carnival .
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Night fell upon, and spread its funereal pall over, a field of blood where death held unrestrained carnival !
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The sounds from the rides and the carnival continued, nothing seemed out of place.
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These pictures show some of the things that happened when Fateha, Louise, Anthony and Marlon went to the carnival .
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They carried with them galvanic batteries of a type generally used for feats of entertainment at carnivals.
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They dismiss synchro as carnival entertainment, what Esther Williams did after she was an athlete.
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Yes, there was only the sea and the sky light carnival .