meteorologist
Americannoun
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meteorologists
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of meteorologist
First recorded in 1630–40; meteorolog(y) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )
Explanation
The expert TV reporter who presents the nightly weather forecast is a meteorologist. If you want to know if it's going to rain on your picnic this weekend, ask a meteorologist! Meteorologists get their name from the Greek meteōrologia, "discussion or study of high things." The "high thing" meteorologists study and report on is the planet's atmosphere — and the way it affects the weather. While people have tried to predict the weather for centuries, it's only recently that science has caught up with this goal, and meteorologists usually get it right.
Vocabulary lists containing meteorologist
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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But Theodore Giannaros, a wildfire meteorologist and senior researcher at the National Observatory, said the fires around Porto Germeno appear to have affected an area of over 10,000 hectares -- almost double the original estimate.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Theodore Giannaros, a wildfire meteorologist and senior researcher at the National Observatory of Athens, on Saturday said the damage to the Porto Germeno area was "inconceivable".
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"The warm and exceptionally dry conditions experienced across much of England over recent months are continuing to have a significant impact," said Will Lang, chief meteorologist at the Met Office.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Temperatures will be 8 to 12 degrees above normal, with muggy conditions limiting overnight cooling, said Kristan Lund, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Enough for me, at least, because I am going to be a meteorologist when I grow up.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
The new president has also vowed to tackle the El Nino climate phenomenon, which meteorologists predict will be the most intense and devastating since 1998.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Eisenhower said, ‘We had better meteorologists than the Germans.’
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The rapid onset from an average to high, even extreme, temperature - or a "heat spike" - is something I and fellow meteorologists have noticed happening more often.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Based on a 2014 play by David Haig, who co-wrote its screenplay with its director, Anthony Maras, the movie faces an obvious challenge: Watching meteorologists scribble notations on charts isn’t particularly cinematic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“You know when hurricane winds grow quickly, when they explode, meteorologists call that rapid intensification, and I guess it’s super hard to predict. But...I think I felt that way when I broke the frame.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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