temperate
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- adjective
- /ˈtɛmpərɪt/
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templado
- Indeed, females of almost all temperate-zone species form maternity colonies to breed communally.
- temperate zone
- temperate forests
- temperate region
I mean, the more temperate weather means you can sleep outdoors all year round.
- I mean, the more temperate weather means you can sleep outdoors all year round.
- Where these broke surface, giant forests reared up into the burning, dull green sky, smothering the former wheat fields of temperate Europe and North America.
- Ah, ah, I love the temperate climate and I love all the foods from all those different cultures.
Examples
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Shellfish reefs once dominated many of the temperate and subtropical estuaries on Earth.
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The temperate climate in this region allows for a diverse range of plants to thrive.
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Well, this is a temperate zone.
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I mean, the more temperate weather means you can sleep outdoors all year round.
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Now you have to contrast this whole system to that in the temperate zones.
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Ah, ah, I love the temperate climate and I love all the foods from all those different cultures.
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In fact, temperate and tropical rainforests each produce a vibrant animal orchestra.
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Blessed with broad temperate zones above and below its equator, it was an agricultural planet.
Fiction book (1991) -
It occurs all the way from northern England all the way across to the East Coast of Asia in temperate regions, but it was never common in the UK.
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The most abundant of the temperate penguins is the Patagonian penguin.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
Weather that is not very cold or hot and feels pleasant
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7.2
Weather that is mild and pleasant without strong wind or heavy rain
Antonyms
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2.9
Very severe and demanding, making life or work difficult, for example very bad weather
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 Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word temperate comes from the Latin temperare, which means 'to keep in balance' and is the same root as temperature. Think of weather kept in the right measure—never too hot or too cold—which is why temperate describes a mild climate.