Weather I Good Bad Noun ˈweðə(R ˈweðər Cold/Hot/Warm/Wet/Dry

• cold/hot/warm/wet/dry weather
• severe/extreme weather
• good/bad weather
• flights have been delayed because of the inclement weather.

weather

1. the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as the temperature, and if there is wind, rain, sun, etc.
• cold/hot/warm/wet/dry weather
• severe/extreme weather
• good/bad weather
• Flights have been delayed because of the inclement weather.
• Weather conditions are set to improve by Thursday.
• concerns about changing weather patterns
• We'll have the party outside, weather permitting (= if it doesn't rain).
• I'm not going out in this weather!
• Did you have good weather on your trip?
• The winter weather kept us from going out for a walk.
• His flight was cancelled due to bad weather.
• What sort of weather did you have?
• poor/fine weather
• What's the weather like?
• I've been enjoying this beautiful weather.
• There's going to be a change in the weather.
• if the weather holds/breaks (= if the good weather continues/changes)
• The weather is very changeable at the moment.
• ‘Are you going to the beach tomorrow?’ ‘It depends on the weather.’
• a weather report
• a weather map/chart
• The tent protected us from the worst of the weather.

Extra Examples

• Atlantic weather systems
• Bad weather threatened.
• Deciding to brave the weather, he grabbed his umbrella and went out.
• He swims in the sea every day, whatever the weather.
• I sat outside as often as the weather allowed.
• I wanted to mend the roof before the cold weather set in.
• If the weather holds out we could go swimming later.
• It was sunny until the weekend, but then the weather broke.
• Next day the weather turned cold.
• She packed all kinds of clothes to cope with the vagaries of the English weather.
• She packed to cope with the vagaries of New York's weather.
• Stormy weather prevented any play in today's tennis.
• The fine weather brings out butterflies.
• The plane crashed into the sea in adverse weather conditions.
• The weather closed in and the climbers had to take shelter.
• The weather looks beautiful today.
• We hadn't bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather.
• We'll go just as soon as this weather lets up.
• We're having a barbecue next Saturday, weather permitting.
• We've had great weather all week.
• a spell of unseasonably warm weather.
• a spell of unseasonally wet weather.
• an increase in extreme weather events
• the effects of global warming on the world's weather patterns
• I don't know whether we'll go—it depends on the weather.
• The weather was awful.
• We'll have lunch outside, weather permitting.
2. a report of what the weather will be like, on the radio or television, in the newspapers or online
• to listen to/watch the weather
• And now for the weather.
• I checked the weather this morning.
3. if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather
4. in all kinds of weather, good and bad
• She goes out jogging in all weathers.
• The lifeboat crews go out in all weather(s).
5. to watch somebody/something carefully in case you need to take action
• Keep a weather eye on your competitors.
6. to seem to find something more difficult or complicated than it needs to be
• People in this country make such heavy weather of learning languages.
7. if you are or feel under the weather, you feel slightly ill and not as well as usual

Word Origin

• Old English weder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weer and German Wetter, probably also to the noun wind1.