weather
[noun]
Synonyms:
- climate, conditions
[verb]
Synonyms:
- withstand, brave, come through, endure, overcome, resist, ride out, stand, survive

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English Thesaurus: weather, climate, the outlook, conditions, the elements, ...

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I. weath‧er¹ S1 W2 /ˈweðə $ -ər/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: weder]

1. [singular, uncountable] the temperature and other conditions such as sun, rain, and wind:
What’s the weather like today?
The weather turned bitterly cold.
GRAMMAR
Weather is usually used with 'the' or with no determiner. Do not say 'a weather':
We had good weather (NOT a good weather).

2. the weather informal a description on radio or television, in newspapers etc of what the weather will be like in the near future Synonym : the weather forecast:
I always watch the weather after the news.

3. in all weathers in all types of weather, even when it is very hot or cold:
There are homeless people sleeping on the streets in all weathers.

4. under the weather informal slightly ill:
You look a bit under the weather.

5. keep a weather eye on something to watch a situation carefully so that you notice anything unusual or unpleasant:
Keep a weather eye on your finances.
⇒ make heavy weather of something at heavy¹(10)

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II. weather² verb

1. [transitive] to come through a very difficult situation safely:
The company weathered the storm of objections to the scheme.
Northern Ireland weathered the recession better than any other region in the UK.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if rock, wood, or someone’s face is weathered by the wind, sun, rain etc, or if it weathers, it changes colour or shape over a period of time:
The brick has weathered to a lovely pinky-brown.
Her face was weathered by the sun.

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weather
noun
ADJ. beautiful, excellent, fair, fine, glorious, good, ideal, lovely, perfect, superb | adverse, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, dismal, dreadful, foul, gloomy, grim, inclement, inhospitable, lousy, miserable, nasty, rotten, rough, terrible, vile, wretched | hot, humid, muggy, sultry, warm | mild | bright, clear, sunny | calm | dry | reliable, settled | changeable, fickle, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled | extreme, fierce, harsh, severe, violent, wild | bitter, cold, freezing, frosty, icy, wintry | cool | cloudy, grey | damp, rainy, wet | foggy | blustery, stormy, windy | unseasonable/unseasonal, unseasonably/unseasonally … a spell of unseasonally wet weather.
QUANT. spell
VERB + WEATHER brave Deciding to brave the weather, he grabbed his umbrella and went out.
WEATHER + VERB clear (up), improve, let up, warm up We'll go just as soon as this weather lets up.
hold out, keep up If the weather holds out we could go swimming later.
threaten Bad weather threatened.
break, deteriorate, worsen It was warm and sunny until the weekend, but then the weather broke.
become sth, get sth, turn sth Next day the weather turned cold.
remain sth, stay sth | close in, 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.
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.
change
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 The Atlantic weather systems had been kind.
forecast, report | data, records | satellite, station | chart, map
PHRASES a change in the weather We hadn't bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather.
in all weathers The lifeboat crews go out in all weathers.
the vagaries of the weather She packed all kinds of clothes to cope with the vagaries of the English weather.
whatever the weather He swims in the sea every day, whatever the weather.

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weather
verb
I. pass safely through sth
ADV. successfully, well Their company had weathered the recession well.
VERB + WEATHER manage to (figurative) The company has managed to weather the storm.

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weather
II. change in appearance because of the sun/air/wind
ADV. badly Some of the stone has weathered quite badly.

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weather

good/nice/lovely (=not wet)
We’ll go out if the weather is good.
glorious/beautiful/perfect
It was glorious weather, so we decided to go for a picnic.
bad (=wet or stormy)
Several flights were cancelled owing to bad weather.
awful/dreadful/terrible weather
We came home early because of the awful weather.
hot
Drink lots of water in hot weather.
cold
The weather was cold and grey.
fine/sunny/fair/dry
If the weather is fine, we’ll eat outside.
Water pot plants daily during spells of dry weather.
wet/rainy
I’m so sick of this wet weather.
windy/stormy
In windy weather, water from the fountain is blown onto the paths.
have good/bad etc weather
We have had lovely weather all week.
the weather turns (=changes)
The weather had turned mild.
the weather holds (out) (=good weather continues in the same way)
The forecast said the weather should hold until Tuesday.
the weather breaks (=stops being good)
We got almost all the harvest in before the weather broke.
the weather forecast (=a description of what the weather is expected to be like in the near future)
What’s the weather forecast like for the weekend?
the weather map (=a map showing the current or expected future weather)
The weather map shows a band of rain coming in from the east.
weather conditions (=whether it is raining or sunny)
The rescue was difficult because of the appalling weather conditions.
weather patterns (=the usual weather that comes at a particular time each year)
Changes in weather patterns are thought to be caused by global warming
a weather station (=a place used for studying and recording weather conditions)
a weather centre British English, a weather bureau American English (=a place where information about the weather is collected and where reports are produced)
The London Weather Centre has issued a warning that there could be extremely heavy rain and high winds over the next 24 hours.
weather permitting (=if the weather is good enough)
Breakfast is served on the terrace, weather permitting.

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weather
noun
BAD: We had a miserable weather while on holiday.
GOOD: We had miserable weather while on holiday.

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weather use this to talk about whether it is hot or cold outside or whether it is raining, snowing, windy etc:
What was the weather like on your vacation?
a period of warm sunny weather
climate the usual weather conditions in a particular country or area:
Queensland has a warm tropical climate.
the climate of southern Florida
the outlook what the weather will probably be like for the next few days:
The outlook for the weekend is for continued sunny weather.
conditions the weather at a particular time, especially when considering how this will affect a planned event or activity:
Conditions are perfect for today’s boat race.
Freezing conditions are making the roads extremely hazardous.
the elements formal weather, especially bad weather:
The equipment had been left exposed to the elements.

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weather
ˈweðə
See: fair-weather friend

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