clime

UK /klaɪm/ US /klaɪm/

noun 4verb 1

Definitions

noun

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?

Climate.

A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.

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

Misspelling of climb.

noun

Misspelling of climb.

Collocations

PREP.

ADV.

then

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the weather in some location averaged over some long period

climate

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.

Wiktionary

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?

Wiktionary

My ſoul turn from them, turn we to ſurvey / Where rougher climes a nobler race diſplay,

Wiktionary

"Say, who the people, what the clime and place, / and many a victim's blood thy hallowed shrine shall grace."

Tatoeba · #6787108

She is iller than you think, and the mornings and the evenings are already chill in this bleak clime.

Tatoeba · #10963041

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, clime is marked as figuratively, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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