weather
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Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /ˈwɛðɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: weath‧er
Homophones
[change]- wether
- whether (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
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Plural |
- (uncountable) The weather in a place is the air temperature, the number of clouds, and the amount of wind and rain or snow.
- The weather conditions at the airport are bad. I don't think the plane will be able to fly.
- The radio says the hot summer weather is going to continue for a few more days.
Verb
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- (transitive) To weather is to be changed by the effects of sun, wind, ice or rain.
- The old house had weathered badly.