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climate

climate

628 1.8
The usual weather in an area over a long time
  • noun
  • /ˈklaɪmət/
translation icon : clima
  • The climate in this region is typically warm and rainy during the summer.
  • climate change
  • global climate
  • climate impacts

A climate constrained world, maybe a climate really disrupted world.

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Examples

  • So that's the way climate works on the Earth as well.

  • But we certainly want to understand how climate varies around the globe.

  • And the biggest impact on climate is the sun.

  • Another approach is to consider climate variety within a season.

  • And it's the same thing going on in climate science, of course.

  • This is the global climate and Energy project.

  • I like the hot climate.

  • Pretty green for this climate.

  • And then because of the climate risk, that area is declining.

  • They understand the impact of climate risk on property values.

Synonyms

clime
vsclimate
  • Literature
8 9.1

A region with a certain kind of weather, for example warm or cold

refers to the weather patterns themselves averaged over a long time
climature
vsclimate
  • Archaic
9.9

The usual weather of a region

is the modern common term rather than the archaic form

Compounds

climate change
  • Specialized
274 2.8

A long change in the Earth's usual weather and temperature

A general mood and opinions about politics in a place

global climate change
  • Specialized
9 3.3

Long-term change in Earth's usual weather and temperature mainly caused by people

Big, fast changes in the climate that cause serious harm to nature and people

A person who refuses to accept that humans cause global warming despite evidence from scientists

arid climate
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A climate with very little rain that supports little plant life

A place with cold or cool weather most of the year

climate arson
  • Neologism
9.5

Intentional actions that harm the environment and make climate change worse

climate arsonist
  • Neologism
9.9

A person who harms the environment on purpose and causes climate change

3.5

A way to reduce the causes and effects of climate change

A new understanding of climate patterns found in data

Weather in mountains that is colder and changes often

How Warm

tropical
144 3.4
temperate
14 3.9
climate
628 1.8
subarctic
1 7.2
polar region
7 3.2

Surface Forms

climate singular
climates plural

Etymology

The word climate comes from the Greek word klima, which meant 'slope' or the Earth's 'tilt' toward the sun. Because that tilt decides how much sun and heat a region gets, climate came to mean the usual 'weather' of a place.