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ACCLIMATIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get used to a certain climate

Example:

They never acclimatized in Egypt

Synonyms:

acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "acclimatize" is one way to...):

adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

acclimatization (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)

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