climate

/ˈklaɪ.mɪt/

climate noun: the long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).

Noun

climate (countable and uncountable, plural climates)

The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
- As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves
- And the effects from climate change are already extreme.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
(figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
- Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate.
- In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times
(obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
(obsolete) A region of the Earth.

Verb

climate (third-person singular simple present climates, present participle climating, simple past and past participle climated)

(obsolete, poetic) To dwell.
- The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

climate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

climate in Hindi

long-term atmospheric conditions: जलवायु jalvāyu, आब-ओ-हवा āb-o-havā, हवापानी havāpānī, आबोहवा ābohavā

climate in Tamil

long-term atmospheric conditions: தட்பவெப்பம் taṭpaveppam, காலநிலை kālanilai

climate in Marathi

climate: हवामान havāmān

climate in Urdu

long-term atmospheric conditions: آب و ہَوا āb o havā

More languagesFewer languages

climate in Bengali: জলবায়ু jolbaẏu
climate in Telugu: శీతోష్ణస్థితి śītōṣṇasthiti
climate in Malayalam: കാലാവസ്ഥ kālāvastha
climate in Kannada: ಹವಾಗುಣ havāguṇa, ಹವಾಮಾನ havāmāna
climate in Punjabi: ਮੌਸਮ mausam
climate in Gujarati: આબોહવા ābohvā
climate in Odia: ଜଳବାଯ଼ୁ
climate in Assamese: জলবায়ু zolbayu, হাৱা-পানী hawa-pani
climate in Nepali: जलवायु, हावापानी
climate in Pashto: اقليم aqlím, آب وهوا ābohawā
climate in Tagalog: klima, kapanhunan
climate in Arabic: مَنَاخ manāḵ, مُنَاخ munāḵ
climate in Malay: iklim
climate in Indonesian: iklim
climate in Thai: ภูมิอากาศ puu-mí-aa-gàat, อากาศ aa-gàat
climate in Vietnamese: khí hậu
climate in Myanmar: ရာသီဥတု rasiu.tu.
Sindhi: آب هوا āb vā

Examples of climate in a sentence

One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.
In climates where grass struggles to grow, turf is usually used instead on sports fields.

All 40 example sentences with climate

Forms of climate

Noun
plural	climates
Verb
third-person singular present	climates
present participle	climating
past participle	climated
past	climated

Plural of climate: climates

Origin of climate

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Words formed from climate

Questions about climate

What does climate mean?: Climate means the long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
What is climate in Hindi?: Climate in Hindi is जलवायु (jalvāyu), आब-ओ-हवा (āb-o-havā), हवापानी (havāpānī). See Climate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is climate?: Climate can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce climate?: Climate is pronounced /ˈklaɪ.mɪt/.
What is the plural of climate?: The plural of climate is climates.

Words near climate in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: climate (page history and authors); हवामान (Marathi) (page history and authors); കാലാവസ്ഥ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਮੌਸਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); climate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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