clime
A particular region defined by its weather or climateA particular region defined by its weather or climate.
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» Poverty is probably more difficult in colder climes.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.
(countable, uncountable)Climate.
A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Examples
5 sentencesPoverty is probably more difficult in colder climes.
In autumn, many birds fly to warmer climes.
deViele Vögel fliegen im Herbst in wärmere Regionen. — moskytoo
She is iller than you think, and the mornings and the evenings are already chill in this bleak clime.
Just like the human "snowbirds" who fly south for the winter, saltwater fish often cruise to warmer climes when the mercury plummets.
"Say, who the people, what the clime and place, / and many a victim's blood thy hallowed shrine shall grace."
Origin
Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literallBorrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to slope, incline”). See also climate.
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Forms
plural: climesSynonyms
1 synonyms- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time:climate
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.