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

Word climate
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈklaɪmət / NAmE / ˈklaɪmət /
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  • 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
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climate

(noun)BrE / ˈklaɪmət / NAmE / ˈklaɪmət /
  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.
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