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weather

About 28.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
    What's the weather like today?
  2. noun Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
    Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
  3. noun The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
  4. noun A situation.
  5. noun A storm; a tempest.
  6. noun A light shower of rain.
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  7. adjective Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.
    weather side, weather helm
  8. verb To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.

Similar words

windward upwind endure brave out brave atmospheric condition weather condition climate meteorology meteorological

Often followed by

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Word family

weathered weathering weathers

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