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The desert has a hot, dry climate even though an individual night can be cold.
What does Climate mean?
Climate is a place's usual weather pattern over many years, or the general mood around a situation.
Dictionary definition
The usual pattern of weather in a place over many years; also, the general mood, attitudes, or conditions surrounding a group, place, or period.
Example sentences
Climate in a sentence
medium
Scientists compare many years of temperature and rainfall records to describe a region's climate.
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The coach worked to create a team climate in which questions and mistakes felt safe.
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Practice 1
Which observation describes climate rather than weather?
Climate describes typical patterns over long periods, while the other choices describe short-term weather.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses climate in its figurative sense?
Here climate means the general attitudes and conditions in the school.
Practice 3
Weather tells what the atmosphere is like now; ____ describes what is typical over many years.
Long-term typical weather patterns are climate.
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Climate
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kly · muht · strongest beat: kly
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WordClimate.
Partnoun.
MeaningClimate is a place's usual weather pattern over many years, or the general mood around a situation.
ExampleExample: The desert has a hot, dry climate even though an individual night can be cold.
Word breakdown
2 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- kly · muht
- Strongest beat
- kly
- Ending
- muht
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on kly.
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Synonyms
Words like Climate
long-term weather patternA clear paraphrase for the scientific sense of climate.
atmosphereA close synonym only for the figurative sense meaning a prevailing mood or set of conditions.
prevailing conditionsUseful for the figurative sense, not a replacement in every earth-science sentence.
Antonym review
Does Climate have an opposite?
Climate has no direct general antonym. Weather is a related short-term concept, not an opposite; an anomaly is an unusual observation, not the opposite of climate.
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Word family
Climate word family
Base word
climate
noun
climates
The plural form for different regional climates or prevailing situations.
adjective
climatic
Describes something related to climate.
noun
climatology
The scientific study of climate.
noun
climatologist
A scientist who studies climate.
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Understand Climate
Hint for students
Look for words such as usually, typical, over decades, or long-term. Those clues point to climate rather than one day's weather.
Common mix-up
Weather and climate are related, not opposites. Weather changes over hours or days; climate summarizes patterns across many years.
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Sort eight statements into weather, climate, or figurative climate. Require students to underline the time-scale or mood clue that supports each choice, then revise one ambiguous statement.
Teacher prompt
Compare the model sentences, "Heavy rain is today's weather" and "Wet winters are part of this region's climate." Ask students what time scale each sentence uses.
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