Temperate
11temperate — adjective a) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate. Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate closet taxonomist, Franz Stephani a ghost… …
12temperate — [[t]te̱mpərɪt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Temperate is used to describe a climate or a place which is never extremely hot or extremely cold. The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year. Syn: mild 2) ADJ GRADED If a person s… …
13temperate — adjective 1 temperate climate/region a type of weather or a part of the world that is never very hot or very cold: the temperate zone, north and south of the tropics 2 formal behaviour that is temperate is calm and sensible see also: intemperate… …
14temperate — adjective Etymology: Middle English temperat, from Latin temperatus, from past participle of temperare Date: 14th century 1. marked by moderation: as a. keeping or held within limits ; not extreme or excessive ; mild b. moderate in indulgence of… …
15temperate — Moderate; restrained in the indulgence of any appetite or activity. * * * tem·per·ate tem p(ə )rət adj 1) marked by moderation esp moderate in the use of intoxicating liquors 2) existing as a prophage in infected cells and rarely causing lysis… …
16temperate — adj. temperate in * * * [ temp(ə)rɪt] temperate in …
17temperate — tem|pe|rate [ˈtempərıt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of temperare; TEMPER2] 1.) temperate climate/zone/region etc a type of weather or a part of the world that is never very hot or very cold 2.) formal behaviour that… …
18temperate — adjective 1) temperate climates Syn: mild, clement, benign, gentle, balmy Ant: extreme 2) he was temperate in his consumption of food Syn: self restrained, restrained …
19temperate — temperately, adv. temperateness, n. /tem peuhr it, tem prit/, adj. 1. moderate or self restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge. 2. moderate as regards indulgence of appetite or passion,… …
20temperate — adj. Temperate is used with these nouns: ↑climate, ↑latitude, ↑zone …
