moderate breeze
- noun
- Specialized
:
brisa moderada
- A moderate breeze made the day pleasant.
Examples
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On a sunny day at the beach, we enjoyed flying kites in the moderate breeze.
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According to the forecast, a moderate breeze is expected to last through the afternoon.
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Sailing was perfect today, thanks to a moderate breeze coming from the west.
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The picnic was pleasant, with a moderate breeze keeping the air cool and comfortable.
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We enjoyed a moderate breeze during our picnic.
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The sailors decided to set sail since the weather report indicated a moderate breeze was expected.
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The outdoor concert was pleasant, thanks to the moderate breeze that kept everyone cool.
Antonyms
How Windy
24
5.8
- Specialized
1
2.2
- Specialized
1
3.4
- Specialized
- Specialized
4
2.2
3
1.5
735
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'moderate' (not extreme) modifies 'breeze' (a gentle wind), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a wind of medium/gentle strength. This adjective+noun construction is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and does not involve idiomatic or metaphorical shift, making it immediately understandable.
Etymology
The phrase moderate breeze may come from an old wind scale sailors and weather people used to name wind strengths. Literally, moderate + breeze creates the image of a steady wind that moves small branches and cools the air, so today it means 'a medium-strong, comfortable wind'.