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ACCLIMATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they acclimate ... he / she / it acclimates
Past simple: acclimated
-ing form: acclimating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
They never acclimatized in Egypt
Synonyms:
acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "acclimate" is one way to...):
adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
acclimation (adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment))
climate (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time)