Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

    What's the weather like today?

    We'll go for a walk when the weather's better.

    Wetter

    пого́даpogóda

    пого́даpohóda

    the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

  2. (countable, uncountable)Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.

    Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.

    Wetter, Wind und Wetter

    непого́даnepogóda, нена́стьеnenástʹje

  3. (countable, uncountable)The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.

    наве́тренная сторона́navétrennaja storoná

  4. (countable, figuratively)A situation.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A light shower of rain.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A storm; a tempest.

Examples

2346 sentences
  1. It all depends on the weather.

    Все залежить від погоди. — deniko

    ruВсё зависит от погоды. — marafon

    deAlles hängt vom Wetter ab. — Manfredo

  2. I'm fed up with this weather.

    Ця погода у мене вже в печінці сидить. — deniko

    ruЭта погода у меня уже в печенках сидит. — shanghainese

    deIch habe dieses Wetter satt. — Sudajaengi

  3. The weather was very bad yesterday.

    Учора погода була дуже поганою. — deniko

    ruПогода вчера была очень плохой. — Hellerick

    deGestern war miserables Wetter. — Manfredo

  4. The weather couldn't have been better.

    Погода не могла би бути кращою. — deniko

    ruПогода не могла быть лучше. — skynebaka

  5. The weather was very good today.

    Сьогодні погода дуже хороша. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
state of the atmosphere:
Русский
By meaning 3
state of the atmosphere:
unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions:
nautical: windward side of a ship:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
state of the atmosphere:
unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions:

Origin

From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr,

From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

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Forms

plural: weathers
Singularweather
Pluralweathers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
windward side:weatherboard
state of the atmosphere
Close in meaning
  • the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation:weather conditionconditionsatmospheric condition

Word family

95 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the weather is
  • the weather forecast
  • kind of weather
  • about the weather
  • if the weather
  • weather forecast
  • bad weather
  • the bad weather
  • under the weather
  • cold weather
  • the weather will
  • hot weather

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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