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clime
/klaɪm/
noun 4verb 1
Collocations
2PREP.
in
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.
Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?
2
Climate.
A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.
3
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.
verb
1
Misspelling of climb.
noun
1
Misspelling of climb.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the weather in some location averaged over some long period
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.
Wiktionary02
Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?
Wiktionary03
My ſoul turn from them, turn we to ſurvey / Where rougher climes a nobler race diſplay,
Wiktionary04
"Say, who the people, what the clime and place, / and many a victim's blood thy hallowed shrine shall grace."
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She is iller than you think, and the mornings and the evenings are already chill in this bleak clime.
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