weather

Definitions

1. time
2. The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. To experience or cause to experience weather conditions that prevent movement: The squadron is weathered in because of dense fog. Such a storm will weather the fleet in.
4. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time
5. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
   countable, uncountable
6. To exaggerate the difficulty of something to be done.
7. tense
8. The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
   countable, uncountable
9. under the weather, a. ill.
10. weather (the short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc)
11. A situation.
    countable, figuratively
12. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather is described by variable conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind velocity, precipitation, and barometric pressure.
13. A storm; a tempest.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
14. the study of atmospheric conditions. Also aerography. — aerographer, n.
15. A light shower of rain.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
16. a barometer which automatically records, on a rotating cylinder, any variation in atmospheric pressure; a self-recording aneroid.
17. the branch of science that deals with the barometer.
18. the art or science of barometric observation.
19. an abnormal fear or dislike of snow.
20. the science that studies climate or climatic conditions. — climatologist, n. — climatologic, climatological, adj.

Equivalents

78 more languages

አማርኛአየር

العربيةالطقسجوطقس

Azərbaycan dilihava

Беларускаянадво́р'епагода

Българскивреме

বাংলাআবহাওয়া

བོད་སྐད།གནམ་གཤིས

Bosanskihavaklimatempovremevrijemevrimeвремевријеменепогодапагода+ 7 more

Catalàintempèrieoratgetemps

Češtinapočasípovětrnost

Cymraeghintywydd

Danskvejr

Ελληνικάκαιρόςστοιχεία

Esperantoveteravetero

Eestiilm

Euskaraeguraldi

Suomiilmakelinostaa tuuleensääsäätsäätilaylähanka+ 4 more

Vosa Vakavitidraki

Gaeilgeaimsir

Gàidhligaimsirsiansìde

Galegocapearintemperietempo

ગુજરાતીમોસમ

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻianilāau

עבריתמזג אווירמֶזֶג־אֲוִיר

हिन्दीऋतुमौसमरुतसमाँ+ 1 more

Hrvatskihavaklimatempovremevrijemevrimeвремевријеменепогодапагода+ 7 more

Magyaridőidőjárás

Հայերենեղանակ

Bahasa Indonesiacuacahawaudara

Íslenskaveður

Italianoerodereintemperietempo

日本語候天候天気天象日和気象空模様+ 4 more

ქართულიამინდი

Қазақ тіліауа райы

ភាសាខ្មែរធាតុអាកាសអាកាសធាតុ

ಕನ್ನಡವಾತಾವರಣ

한국어기상날날씨바래다일기천기+ 3 more

Kurdîasohawahînidoilmkêlîkelîklîmamotsaasaattempo+ 9 more

Latinacaelumtempestas

LëtzebuergeschWieder

ລາວອາກາດ

Lietuviųoras

Latviešulaiks

Malagasyfotoana

Te Reo Māorihuarererangi

Македонскивременепогода

Монголтэнгэрцаг агаар

मराठीहवामान

Bahasa Melayucuacahawa

Maltitemp

မြန်မာရာသီဥတုဥတု

नेपालीमौसम

Nederlandsverwerenweer

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਮੌਸਮ

Polskiauraniepogodapogodapowietrzewietrzećzwietrzeć+ 3 more

Portuguêsmau tempotempo

Românăstare atmosfericătimpvreme

Русскийнаве́тренная сторона́нена́стьенепого́дапогода+ 1 more

සිංහලකාලගුණ

Slovenčinapočasie

Slovenščinavreme

Gagana Samoaaso

Shqipmot

Српскиhavaklimatempovremevrijemevrimeвремевријеменепогодапагода+ 7 more

Svenskalovartprovavaderväderlek+ 1 more

Kiswahilihali ya hewa

தமிழ்வானிலை

తెలుగుకాలము

Тоҷикӣҳаво

ไทยภูมิอากาศสภาพอากาศอากาศ

Tagalogklimapanahonweder

Türkçehavatankı

ئۇيغۇرچەھاۋا

Українськаверем'япогода

اردوموسم

O'zbekchahavoob-havo

Tiếng Việtmưa gióthời tiếttrời

isiZuluizulu

Examples

“What's the weather like⟳ today?”

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

“The garden party was called off due to bad weather.”

“Here and there, the weather on the sea allowed two of their friends to hear⟳ and see⟳, too.”

“Human beings love⟳ to talk⟳ about the weather.”

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

“One complained of a bad cold in his head, upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind⟳ of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island.”

“What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud / My thoughts presage!”

CEFR level