weather

weather
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noun
ADJECTIVE
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
spell
VERB + 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, map
PHRASES
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)

She packed to cope with the vagaries of New York's weather.

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verb
1 pass safely through sth
ADVERB
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/wind
ADVERB
badly

Some of the stone has weathered badly.

naturally
Weather is used with these nouns as the object: ↑crisis, ↑downturn, ↑recession, ↑storm

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  • Weather — Weath er, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[ a]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Weather — Weath er, a. (Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. [1913 Webster] {Weather gauge}. (a) (Naut.) The position of a ship to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Weather — Weath er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weathering}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. [1913 Webster] [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • weather — [weth′ər] n. [ME weder < OE, akin to ON vethr, Ger wetter < IE base * we , * awe , to blow > WIND2, OSlav vedro, fair weather] 1. the general condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place, with regard to the temperature,… …   English World dictionary

  • weather — (n.) O.E. weder, from P.Gmc. *wedran (Cf. O.S. wedar, O.N. veðr, O.Fris., M.Du., Du. weder, O.H.G. wetar, Ger. Wetter storm, wind, weather ), from PIE *we dhro , weather, from root *we to blow (see WIND (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

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  • weather — weath‧er [ˈweDə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] if a company, business etc weathers a difficult situation, it manages to come through it safely: • Small businesses were less able to weather the recession. • The company has weathered the slump better than …   Financial and business terms

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  • Weather — Weath er, v. i. To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather. [1913 Webster] The organisms . . . seem… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • weather — [n] atmospheric conditions climate, clime, elements; concepts 522,524 weather [v] endure acclimate, bear the brunt of*, bear up against*, become toughened, brave, come through, expose, get through, grow hardened, grow strong, harden, make it,… …   New thesaurus

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