- temperature
- noun1 how hot or cold sth isADJECTIVE▪ high, hot, warm▪
Yesterday the town reached its highest ever February temperature.
▪ cold, cool, low, sub-zero▪ moderate▪ normal▪ extreme▪Avoid exposing the instrument to extreme temperatures.
▪ boiling, freezing, melting▪the boiling temperature of the solvent
▪ maximum, minimum▪ average, mean▪ constant, stable, steady▪ daytime▪ annual, daily▪ summer, winter, etc.▪ April, July, etc.▪ global▪The increase in the mean global temperature will be about 0.3°C per decade.
▪ air, ocean (esp. AmE), sea (esp. BrE), water, etc.▪ ambient, room▪The product can be stored at room temperature.
▪ oven▪ body▪ surface▪the surface temperature of our planet
▪ external, internalVERB + TEMPERATURE▪ have▪Some places had temperatures in the forties during the heatwave.
▪ heat sth to, increase, raise▪Heat the oven to a temperature of 200°C.
▪ decrease, lower, reduce▪ reach▪ control, maintain, regulate▪ measure, monitor, record▪ expose sth to▪ withstand▪These instruments can withstand temperatures of 180°C.
TEMPERATURE + VERB▪ go up, increase, rise, soar▪ dip, drop, fall, go down, plummet▪Overnight the temperature fell to minus 30°C.
▪ range▪Water temperatures ranged from 12 to 15°C.
▪ exceed sth, reach sth▪ change, varyTEMPERATURE + NOUN▪ conditions▪ change, difference, drop, increase, rise▪ fluctuation, gradient, range, variation▪a temperature range of 60–74°F
▪ extremes▪The desert is a place of temperature extremes.
▪ control, regulation▪ data, measurement, reading▪ gauge, sensorPREPOSITION▪ at … temperature▪Serve the wine at room temperature.
▪ in a temperature▪This plant grows well in temperatures above 55°F.
▪ temperature above, temperature below▪|Temperatures below freezing are common here.
▪ temperature between▪a temperature between 35 and 37°
▪ temperature of▪The fish prefer a temperature of 24–27°C.
PHRASES▪ a change in temperature, a variation in temperature▪ a range of temperature▪ a drop in temperature▪ an increase in temperature, a rise in temperature2 feverADJECTIVE▪ high▪ slightVERB + TEMPERATURE▪ have, run▪She's running a temperature.
▪ take▪The nurse produced a thermometer and took my temperature.
▪ bring down▪They used ice packs to bring down her temperature.
TEMPERATURE + VERB▪ go up, rise▪ come downPREPOSITION▪ temperature of▪He's in bed with a temperature of 102°.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
