temperature

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UK /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ US /ˈtɛm.pəɹˌt͡ʃɚ/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) how hot or cold sth is

ADJ

high, warm

The doctor said my son has a warm temperature and should stay home from school today.

cold, cool, low, sub-zero | moderate | normal

extreme

The athletes struggled during the marathon because of the extreme temperature on race day.

boiling, freezing, melting

The freezing temperature outside made it dangerous to drive on the icy roads.

global

Scientists warn that global temperature has risen significantly over the past fifty years.

air, sea, water, etc. | ambient, room | oven | body

surface

The doctor checked the patient's surface temperature by placing a thermometer on her forehead.

VERB + TEMPERATURE

have

The patient had a temperature of 38 degrees, so the doctor prescribed rest and fluids.

heat sth to, raise

The recipe says to raise the temperature gradually until the water starts to boil.

reduce | reach | control | expose sth to

TEMPERATURE + VERB

go up, increase, rise

drop, fall, go down, plummet

In winter, the temperature drops below freezing, so we need to wear warm coats.

TEMPERATURE + NOUN

conditions | change, difference, increase, rise

gradient, range, variation

The weather forecast showed a temperature variation of about 15 degrees throughout the day.

control, regulation | measurement | gauge, sensor

PREP

at ~

The doctor said my fever was at a dangerously high temperature yesterday.

in a ~

The ice cream melted quickly in the hot temperature of the summer afternoon.

~ above/below/between, ~ of

The doctor said my fever was a temperature of 39 degrees Celsius.

PHRASES

a change/variation in temperature, a drop in temperature, an increase/a rise in temperature, a range of temperature

(noun.) fever

ADJ

high | slight

VERB + TEMPERATURE

have, run

The child had a temperature of 101 degrees after playing outside all afternoon.

take

The doctor took my temperature and said I had a slight fever.

bring down

The doctor gave him medicine to bring down his high temperature.

TEMPERATURE + VERB

go up, rise | come down

PREP

~ of

The doctor said my son has a temperature of 39 degrees and needs to rest.

Definitions

noun

A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.

The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.

"Aren't you feeling so well this morning?" she asked him anxiously. "Do you think you've got a temperature?"

A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.

In consequence, macroscopic amounts of matter in thermal contact with one another tend to be at the same temperature, a fact of sufficient fundamental importance to merit belated designation as the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.

A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.

The general mood.

But it is both easier and more accurate to take the industry's true temperature at small private gatherings like a conference organized by the Ziff Davis publishing company in northern California last week.

[Stephen] Miller's words did not seem designed to lower the temperature.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

I have a temperature

Synonym of I have a fever.

run a temperature

To have a fever.

My child's running a high temperature.

assume room temperature

To die; to be killed.

Example Bank

The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.

Wiktionary

The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

Wiktionary

The most accurate way to take your temperature is by sticking a thermometer up your butt.

Wiktionary

You don't have a temperature.

Tatoeba · #15865

Milk boils at a higher temperature than water.

Tatoeba · #19462

The temperature has been below freezing for several days.

Tatoeba · #20348

Usage Notes

i Register

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

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