warming
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- /ˈwɔrmɪŋ/
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- The gentler the slope, the more additional warming we commit the planet to.
- global warming
- climate warming
- greenhouse warming
Is that a global warming we had?
- Is that a global warming we had?
- And yet there was no warming of relations.
- Hot dog, Global warming is over.
- It says we caused the warming, we need to fix the warming.
- And scientists with the science shows is that as warming continues, those will increase.
- And global warming has become the great proxy issue.
- He says that global warming is a kind of object.
Examples
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We must embrace the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and then go well beyond it.
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This is Greenland where it's warming and losing mass.
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Their global warming is at heart a public problem.
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Context has an important role in determining the effects of global warming on the developing world.
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So even if you cut emission sharply now, warming would continue for decades.
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It's one of the best known natural wonders of the world, already under threat from warming and acidifying oceans.
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Activists crowded the streets near UN headquarters today as major industrialized nations meet for the fourth time to discuss global warming initiatives.
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In addition to accelerating evaporation, warming also increases the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere.
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On climate change, the Kremlin recognizes that global warming would impose huge costs, causing floods and destroying infrastructure.
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Global warming is causing sea levels to rise and affecting weather patterns.
Synonyms
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The process of something becoming or being made warm
To make something warm, often by using heat
Antonyms
Compounds
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A gradual rise in Earth's average temperature caused mainly by burning coal, oil, and gas
- Specialized
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A rise in Earth's temperature when gases in the air trap the Sun's heat
- Archaic
A long metal pan with a handle and lid filled with hot coals to warm a bed before sleeping
How Warm
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word warming comes from the old English word warm, which means 'comfortably hot', plus the ending -ing that shows an action or process. So warming is the action of becoming warmer or a rise in temperature.