clime

[ klahym ]

/ klaɪm /

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Origin of clime

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin clīma; see climate

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH clime

climb, clime

Words nearby clime

climbing perch, climbing rose, climbing wall, climb on the bandwagon, climb the walls, clime, clin., clinandrium, clinch, clincher, clincher-built

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How to use clime in a sentence

San Francisco inventor Aaron Jones has come up with a heated, outdoor bench to make hosting toasty even in the chilliest of climes.
Stunning New Designs for Your Home|Sean Culligan|July 22, 2021|Ozy
Restaurants opened since the pandemic feature New York names testing southern climes.
Ready for a city trip? Miami has a bumper crop of newly opened attractions.|Jen Rose Smith|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
Climate change may mean new geographies become ripe for cacao production, as tropical environments expand beyond equator nations to create new chocolatey climes.
16 Surprising Ways Climate Change Affects You|Nick Fouriezos|April 23, 2021|Ozy
What scientists discovered was that density differences coupled with Earth’s rotation drive deep ocean currents that take cold water to warm climes and vice versa, which in turn create the thermocline.
A new book explores how military funding shaped the science of oceanography|Alka Tripathy-Lang|April 16, 2021|Science News

It makes sense that a warmer climate could generate more lightning in historically colder climes, says Sander Veraverbeke, an earth systems scientist at VU University Amsterdam who was not involved in the work.
A spike in Arctic lightning strikes may be linked to climate change|Maria Temming|April 6, 2021|Science News
In the meantime, she is off to Egypt on assignment and he continues his research in the musty clime of an Oxford library.
Justin Cartwright’s Novel ‘Lion Heart’ May Win Him the Audience He Deserves|Robert Birnbaum|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His battered hat, browned by the suns of every clime, was pulled forward over his wrinkled face.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
The laws of the house of God are applicable to men of every clime.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
And thus, The Golden Bird flew all about the world, to every land and clime, beloved by all folk everywhere.
The Green Forest Fairy Book|Loretta Ellen Brady
She thought of her husband in some vague warm clime on the other side of the globe, while she was here in the cold.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy
I may say, however, they were men who had acquired fitness for the task by service in almost every clime.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

British Dictionary definitions for clime

clime

/ (klaɪm) /

noun

poetic a region or its climate

Word Origin for clime

C16: from Late Latin clima; see climate

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clime

Origin of clime

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH clime

Words nearby clime

Words related to clime

How to use clime in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for clime

Word Origin for clime