- weather
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, excellent, fair, fine, glorious, good, great, ideal, lovely, nice, perfect, superb (esp. BrE)▪ adverse, appalling (esp. BrE), atrocious, awful, bad, dismal, dreadful (esp. BrE), foul, gloomy, grim (esp. BrE), horrible (esp. AmE), inclement, lousy, miserable, nasty, poor, rotten, rough, terrible▪ hot, humid, muggy, sultry, warm▪ mild▪ bright, clear, sunny▪ calm▪ dry▪ reliable (esp. BrE), settled (BrE)▪ changeable (esp. BrE), fickle, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled▪ extreme, fierce, harsh, severe, violent, wild▪ bitter, chilly, cold, freezing, frosty (esp. BrE), icy, wintry▪ cool▪ cloudy, grey/gray▪ damp, rainy, wet▪ foggy▪ blustery, stormy, windy▪ autumn (esp. BrE), fall (AmE), spring, summer, winter▪ unseasonable, unseasonably … , unseasonal (esp. BrE)▪
a spell of unseasonably warm weather.
▪ local… OF WEATHER▪ spellVERB + WEATHER▪ enjoy▪I've been enjoying this beautiful weather.
▪ have▪We've had great weather all week.
▪ brave▪Deciding to brave the weather, he grabbed his umbrella and went out.
▪ forecast, predict▪ check▪I checked the weather this morning.
WEATHER + VERB▪ clear, clear up, improve, warm up▪We'll go just as soon as this weather lets up.
▪ hold, hold out (BrE), hold up, keep up▪If the weather holds out we could go swimming later.
▪ threaten▪Bad weather threatened.
▪ break, deteriorate, worsen▪It was sunny until the weekend, but then the weather broke.
▪ become sth, get sth, turn sth▪Next day the weather turned cold.
▪ look sth▪The weather looks beautiful today.
▪ remain sth, stay sth▪ continue▪ close in (esp. BrE), set in▪The weather closed in and the climbers had to take shelter.
▪I wanted to mend the roof before the cold weather set in.
▪ come▪According to the forecast, there is a lot more wet weather to come.
▪ allow, permit▪I sat outside as often as the weather allowed.
▪We're having a barbecue next Saturday, weather permitting.
(You cannot say ‘weather allowing’.)▪ prevent sth▪Stormy weather prevented any play in today's tennis.
▪ let sb down (BrE)▪ change▪ bring sth out▪The fine weather brings out butterflies.
WEATHER + NOUN▪ conditions▪The plane crashed into the sea in adverse weather conditions.
▪ patterns, system▪the effects of global warming on the world's weather patterns
▪Atlantic weather systems
▪ forecast, report▪ data, information, records▪ event▪an increase in extreme weather events
▪ satellite, station▪ centre/center▪ chart, mapPHRASES▪ a change in the weather▪We hadn't bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather.
▪ in all weather (esp. AmE), in all weather conditions, in all weathers (BrE), whatever the weather▪The lifeboat crews go out in all weather(s).
▪He swims in the sea every day, whatever the weather.
▪ the vagaries of the weather (BrE), the vagaries of weather (AmE)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She packed to cope with the vagaries of New York's weather.
verb1 pass safely through sthADVERB▪ successfully, well▪Their company had weathered the recession well.
VERB + WEATHER▪ manage to (figurative)▪The company has managed to weather the storm.
2 change in appearance because of the sun/air/windADVERB▪ badly▪Some of the stone has weathered badly.
▪ naturally
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
