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ACCLIMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acclimate mean? 

ACCLIMATE (verb)
  The verb ACCLIMATE has 1 sense:

1. get used to a certain climateplay

  Familiarity information: ACCLIMATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACCLIMATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they acclimate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it acclimates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: acclimated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: acclimated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: acclimating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Get used to a certain climate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize

Context example:

They never acclimatized in Egypt

Hypernyms (to "acclimate" is one way to...):

adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

acclimation (adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment))

climate (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time)


 Context examples 


The findings suggest that humans may acclimate to cool temperature by increasing brown fat, which in turn may lead to improvements in glucose metabolism.

(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)



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