Topic: TEMPERATURE
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absolute zero
Celsius
Centigrade
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Fahrenheit
flashpoint
freezing point
Kelvin
low(a)
low(n)
plus
room temperature
sub-zero
temperature
thermometer
thermostat
zero
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | temperatura 'mixture', from temperare; TEMPER2 |
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tem‧pera‧ture S2 W2
1 [uncountable and countable] a measure of how hot or cold a place or thing is COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
at a temperature of something high temperature low temperature a rise in temperature a fall/drop in temperature a temperature change/a change in temperature the temperature rises/goes up (=it gets warmer) the temperature falls/drops/goes down (=it gets colder) a constant temperature (=one that does not change much) room temperature (=neither hot nor cold) air/water/body temperature (=how hot or cold the air, water, or someone's body is) temperatures soar (=the weather becomes very hot)
COLLOCATIONS at a temperature of something high temperature low temperature a rise in temperature a fall/drop in temperature a temperature change/a change in temperature the temperature rises/goes up (=it gets warmer) the temperature falls/drops/goes down (=it gets colder) a constant temperature (=one that does not change much) room temperature (=neither hot nor cold) air/water/body temperature (=how hot or cold the air, water, or someone's body is) temperatures soar (=the weather becomes very hot)
2 the temperature of your body, especially used as a measure of whether you are sick or not :
somebody's temperature
MH3 to have a body temperature that is higher than normal, especially because you are sick : Susie has a temperature and has gone to bed.
have a temperature
also be running a temperatureSusie has a temperature and has gone to bed.4 [countable] the temperature of a situation is the way people are reacting, for example whether they are behaving angrily or calmly :
