WEATHER CONDITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weather condition mean? 

• WEATHER CONDITION (noun)
  The noun WEATHER CONDITION has 1 sense:

1. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

  Familiarity information: WEATHER CONDITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEATHER CONDITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition

Context example:

the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow

Hypernyms ("weather condition" is a kind of...):

atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weather condition"):

cold weather (a period of unusually cold weather)

fair weather; sunshine; temperateness (moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities)

hot weather (a period of unusually high temperatures)

thaw; thawing; warming (warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt)

downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))

wave (a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures))

elements (violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements))

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

atmosphere; atmospheric state (the weather or climate at some place)

good weather (weather suitable for outdoor activities)

bad weather; inclemency; inclementness (weather unsuitable for outdoor activities)