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Meaning of 'climate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Climate [ v. i.]
- One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.
- The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.
- To dwell.

Meaning of 'climate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . climate [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Example in sentence:
  • plants from a cold clime travel best in winter;
  • the dank climate of southern Wales
Meaning (2):
- the prevailing psychological state
Example in sentence:
  • the climate of opinion;
  • the national mood had changed radically since the last election

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