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climate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈklaɪ.mət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈklaɪ.mɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
   • And the effects from climate change are already extreme. 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:
   • As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted. 1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves:
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
   • Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate.
   • In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial. 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
   • This isn't the time for militant unionism. If I were at ScotRail, in the current climate I'd trade a pay freeze [sic: pay rise?] for job security. 2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63:
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A region of the Earth.

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Deriveds

acclimatize · climate hawk · ecoclimate · climate-controlled · climatography · climate hoax · climatologically · climatype · Climategate · climatarian · climate refugee · climate skeptic · paleoclimate · topoclimate · organizational climate · macroclimate · climatology · climate justice · climate bond · climate fire · climatise · pyroclimate · marine climate · bioclimate · climate fatigue · climigration · microclimate · climate canary · climateer · climate arsonist · climatastrophe · climate denial · climigrant · climatized · climate despair · climate neutrality · climate-changing · climatal · climatize · climate breakdown · political climate · hydroclimate · geoclimate · subclimate · climo- · climate grief · climate denialist · thermoclimate · acclimate · mesoclimate · climatologist · climate migration · climatism · climate change · cli-fi · climate denialism · miniclimate · acclimatise · climate arson · climatologic · climate sensitivity · climature · climate system · climatotherapy · agroclimate · climate-changed · climate anxiety · climatewise · Mediterranean climate · climate science · climate criminal · climate finance · pedoclimate · climatological · climate migrant · climatonomy · climate denier · climate strike · astroclimate · climatist · climate sceptic · climate-speak · climate control · chilly climate · climate chamber · climate catastrophe · climate crisis · climate emergency · Köppen climate classification

Relateds

climatic · lean · climax · client · cline · climatory · clivus

Translations (148)

hu klíma (long-term atmospheric conditions) · fo veðurlag (long-term atmospheric conditions) · fr climat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sw tabianchi (long-term atmospheric conditions) · la clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · km ធាតុអាកាស (long-term atmospheric conditions) · kn ಹವಾಮಾನ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · bg кли́мат (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · vi khí hậu (long-term atmospheric conditions) · mk клима (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ro climă (long-term atmospheric conditions) · kn ಹವಾಗುಣ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nb klima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · crh iklim (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ja 気候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tl kapanhunan (long-term atmospheric conditions) · kk климат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · bg кли́мат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · br hin (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sl podnebje (long-term atmospheric conditions) · id iklim (long-term atmospheric conditions) · kw ayredh (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sv klimat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · wuu 氣候 /气候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · jv hawagedhé (long-term atmospheric conditions) · is loftslag (long-term atmospheric conditions) · te శీతోష్ణస్థితి (long-term atmospheric conditions) · gu આબોહવા (long-term atmospheric conditions) · hi जलवायु (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ps آب وهوا (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cs klima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · io klimato (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nan-hbl 氣候 /气候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · eo klimato (long-term atmospheric conditions) · kw hin (long-term atmospheric conditions) · hak 氣候 /气候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ru кли́мат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ko 기후 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ru кли́мат (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · ckb ئابوھەوا (long-term atmospheric conditions) · az ab-hava (long-term atmospheric conditions) · oc clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · my ရာသီဥတု (long-term atmospheric conditions) · az iqlim (long-term atmospheric conditions) · arz طقس (long-term atmospheric conditions) · es clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ga clíoma (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ug ئىقلىم (long-term atmospheric conditions) · arz مناخ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · et kliima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ca clima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · fi ilmasto (long-term atmospheric conditions) · de Klima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · de Klima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · su ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · mn уур амьсгал (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sh pódnēblje (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · th ภูมิอากาศ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · fa-ira اِقْلیم (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cmn 氣候 /气候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cdo 氣候 /气候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · hi हवापानी (long-term atmospheric conditions) · lo ອາກາດ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ka კლიმატი (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cs klima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ga timpeallacht (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · be клі́мат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cy hinsawdd (long-term atmospheric conditions) · gd aimsir (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sd آب هوا (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tg климат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ps اقليم (long-term atmospheric conditions) · dng чиху (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sh кли́ма (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tg обу ҳаво (long-term atmospheric conditions) · bo གནམ་གཤིས (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nl klimaat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · gl clima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · fi ilmanala (long-term atmospheric conditions) · pl klimat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ga atmaisféar (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · hy կլիմա (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nrf clyînmat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nn klima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · it clima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · sh по́дне̄бље (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · it clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · prs اِقْلِیم (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nn klima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ms iklim (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sk podnebie (long-term atmospheric conditions) · izh kliimatta (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tg иқлим (long-term atmospheric conditions) · gl clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · es clima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · uk клі́мат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · fa-ira آب و هَوا (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sh pódnēblje (long-term atmospheric conditions) · lt klimatas (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sk klíma (long-term atmospheric conditions) · pdt Witrunk (long-term atmospheric conditions) · lo ພູມິອາກາດ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · af klimaat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · uk підсо́ння (long-term atmospheric conditions) · as হাৱা-পানী (long-term atmospheric conditions) · as জলবায়ু (long-term atmospheric conditions) · hu éghajlat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · nb klima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · sat ᱫᱟᱜ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ta தட்பவெப்பம் (long-term atmospheric conditions) · fr climat (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · th อากาศ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tl klima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sh klíma (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ar مُنَاخ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tr iklim (long-term atmospheric conditions) · da klima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · sv klimat (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · uz klimat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · pt clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ja 風土 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ta காலநிலை (long-term atmospheric conditions) · yue 氣候 /气候 (long-term atmospheric conditions) · el κλίμα (long-term atmospheric conditions) · hi आब-ओ-हवा (long-term atmospheric conditions) · bn জলবায়ু (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ar مَنَاخ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sh по́дне̄бље (long-term atmospheric conditions) · hi आबोहवा (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ur آب و ہَوا (long-term atmospheric conditions) · yi קלימאַט (long-term atmospheric conditions) · da klima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cs podnebí (long-term atmospheric conditions) · cmn 氣候 /气候 (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · prs آب و هَوَا (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ky климат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · he אַקְלִים (long-term atmospheric conditions) · km អាកាសធាតុ (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tt климат (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ca clima (long-term atmospheric conditions) · sq klimë (long-term atmospheric conditions) · fi ilmapiiri (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · ga aeráid (long-term atmospheric conditions) · ga aer (long-term atmospheric conditions) · tk klimat (long-term atmospheric conditions) · lv klimats (long-term atmospheric conditions) · pt clima (context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation) · sl klima (long-term atmospheric conditions)

climate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈklaɪ.mət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈklaɪ.mɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, poetic) To dwell.
   • The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here! c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], line 169:

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