temperate
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈtɛmpərɪt/
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comedido
- She demonstrated a temperate response to criticism, remaining calm and composed throughout the discussion.
- more temperate
Some people are just born to be just or born to be temperate or born as courageous.
- Some people are just born to be just or born to be temperate or born as courageous.
- For the young do not find it pleasant to live in a temperate way.
- For one might suppose that if we do just or temperate actions, we are thereby just or temperate.
Examples
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We should have been more temperate and politically astute.
Academic text (1997) -
Both explorers personally told the historian that they explored the same river, whose inhabitants "enjoy good, temperate lands, forests, and water."
Academic text (1991) -
So even if we are temperate, we're still struggling.
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For one might suppose that if we do just or temperate actions, we are thereby just or temperate.
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We need to use more moderate and temperate language in this Prime Minister.
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No red-blooded drinking man is more temperate than I am.
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And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
Blog text (2) -
And once we have become temperate, we're more capable of abstaining from pleasures.
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His temperate acceptance of things as they stood was intended to represent his countrymen's supposed moderation.
Academic text (2011) -
That's all you know about him, but you won't be surprised to know that he's a kind man, of temperate habits, who wears hats.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.3
Not very large or intense
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2.2
A moderate amount or size that is not extreme
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1.0
Weather that is not very cold or hot and feels pleasant
Calm and controlled, not strong or showy
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.8
Areas of Earth between the hot tropics and the cold polar regions that have mild weather
- Specialized
The part of Earth between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer with changing seasons
Part of the Earth in the south between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn
How Temperate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word temperate comes from the Latin temperare, which means 'to keep in balance' and appears in words like temper and temperature. So being temperate means keeping your feelings and actions in the right measure, not extreme.