weatherwise
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Able to understand and predict the weather
- adjective
- /ˈwɛðərˌwaɪz/
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sabio en meteorología
- The hikers relied on their weatherwise guide to avoid storms in the mountains.
Examples
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She is weatherwise.
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After years of farming, she became quite weatherwise and could sense when rain was coming.
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Being weatherwise helped the fisherman decide the best days to go out to sea.
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My friend is not very weatherwise.
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The weatherwise local farmers knew it would rain soon, so they covered their crops.
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Her weatherwise predictions helped us plan the picnic on a sunny day.
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Only the weatherwise travelers could sense the approaching storm in the calm air.
How Weatherwise
Surface Forms
weatherwise positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word weatherwise combines weather and wise, where wise comes from an old word meaning 'knowing'. So, to be weatherwise is to be 'knowing' about the weather and able to predict or read it.