clime

  • 1Clime — Clime, n. [L. clima. See {Climate}.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See {Climate}. [1913 Webster] Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] || …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2clime — clime; homo·clime; …

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  • 3clime — index climate, region, section (vicinity), territory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4clime — [klaım] n [C usually plural] literary [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: clima; CLIMATE] a place that has a particular type of ↑climate ▪ sunnier climes …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5clime — [ klaım ] noun count OFTEN HUMOROUS a place with a particular type of weather …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6clime — 1540s, chiefly poetic shortening of CLIMATE (Cf. climate) …

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  • 7clime — ► NOUN chiefly literary ▪ a region considered with reference to its climate: sunnier climes. ORIGIN Greek klima slope, zone …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8clime — [klīm] n. [LL clima: see CLIMATE] Old Poet. a region or realm, esp. with reference to its climate …

    English World dictionary

  • 9clime — UK [klaɪm] / US noun [countable] Word forms clime : singular clime plural climes often humorous a place with a particular type of weather …

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  • 10Clime — Diagram showing climatic zones corresponding with those suggested by Aristotle. The seven climes (from Greek κλίμα, klima, plural klimata, meaning inclination , referring to the angle between the axis of the celestial sphere and the horizon) was… …

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