weathering
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈwɛðərɪŋ/
:
resiliencia
- After losing his job, he showed remarkable strength in weathering the financial difficulties that followed.
Examples
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Perhaps most importantly, they can call on presidents to weigh legal guidance and decide that weathering risk is worth institutional principles.
Academic text (2017) -
And secondly, that by and large, we're a lot better at weathering that uncertainty than we think.
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How capable of weathering any change can I be?
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And are you worried or looking forward to the weathering?
Blog text (24) -
Investors think Germany's economy can stand a lot more weathering than Ireland or Spain.
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Enhanced weathering is likely to be energy-intensive and expensive, which underscores the need to examine geoengineering projects for their own greenhouse gas footprints.
Academic text (2010) -
I gave this person a number of reasons why it could not be an authentic piece made for local use, despite its weathering, apparent termite damage, eroded surface, patina, and the quality of its sculptural treatment.
Academic text (2003) -
Sullivan's weathering during her presidency reveals much about prevalent attitudes toward female leadership—and about how we pigeonhole and punish women with power.
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Reflecting the cumulative impact of socioeconomic disadvantages on the health of African American women, a weathering pattern of worsening birth outcomes with increasing maternal age exists among African Americans.
Academic text (2011) -
The community came together, weathering the challenges of the pandemic with resilience and support for one another.
Synonyms
77
3.4
Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time
3
9.1
A patient acceptance of something unpleasant or difficult
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4.6
Ability to stay strong and survive difficult weather or illness
Antonyms
How Resilient
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word weathering comes from weather, which means 'wind, rain, or storm'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone who 'weathers a storm'—they go through a hard time and come out okay, so weathering means 'enduring' a difficult situation.