Climate ˈklaɪmət Political Move Current Noun Bre Mild/Temperate/Warm/Wet

• a mild/temperate/warm/wet climate
• the harsh climate of the arctic regions
• they wanted to move to a warmer climate.
• the present political climate

climate

1. the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place
• a mild/temperate/warm/wet climate
• the harsh climate of the Arctic regions
2. an area with particular weather conditions
• They wanted to move to a warmer climate.
3. a general attitude or feeling; an atmosphere or a situation which exists in a particular place
• the present political climate
• the current climate of opinion (= what people generally are thinking about a particular issue)
• a climate of suspicion/violence
• We need to create a climate in which business can prosper.

Extra Examples

• His ideas on equality are viewed as utopian in the current political climate.
• Little grows in such a dry climate.
• The city has a warm climate.
• The new policies have created a climate of fear.
• a climate for economic recovery
• a set of ideas that challenge the prevailing climate of pessimism
• global climate change
• the severe northern climate
• He admitted that the economic climate has rarely been worse.
• Such a move seems unlikely in the current political climate.
• The crisis produced a climate far less favourable to redevelopment.
• There’s been a change in the climate of opinion.
• They hope this will provide the right climate for social change.
• a temperate/tropical climate

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French climat or late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima ‘slope, zone’, from klinein ‘to slope’. The term originally denoted a zone of the earth between two lines of latitude, then any region of the earth, and later, a region considered with reference to its atmospheric conditions. Compare with clime.