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climes

/klaɪmz/

climes is the plural of clime.

climes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clime.

Meaning of clime

Noun

clime (countable and uncountable, plural climes)

  1. A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
    • After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.
  2. Climate.
    • A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.
  3. (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
    • It is a poor state of affairs this great nation is in at present. The current political clime is pregnant with attempts and desired to make lawful such discriminatory acts based on factors within an individual's constitution which are beyond her/his control.1981 December 19, Andrew C. Irish, “Support For Gay Nurses”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 4

Words that rhyme with climes

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Questions about climes

What is climes the plural of?
Climes is the plural of clime.
How do you pronounce climes?
Climes is pronounced /klaɪmz/.

Words near climes in the dictionary

  1. climbs up the ladder
  2. climby
  3. clime
  4. Climer
  5. Climers
  6. climes
  7. climigrant
  8. climigrants
  9. climigration
  10. climo-
  11. climograph

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