Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt. See Synonyms at harden.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To habituate to a foreign climate; acclimatize: more especially (of persons), to adapt to new climates: as, to acclimate settlers; to acclimate one's self.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
- v. transitive To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
- v. intransitive To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
WordNet 3.0
- v. get used to a certain climate
Etymologies
- 1792, from French acclimater, from à + climat ("climate") from Latin ad + climat, (English climate) from Ancient Greek, from Proto-Indo-European – see climate. (Wiktionary)
- French acclimater : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + climat, climate (from Old French; see climate). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It's funny how you can get used to almost anything, like a loud noise down the street, but we are selling our souls if we "acclimate" ourselves to these butcher factories for our children.”
“But, you know, in truth this is a guy who was raised blue collar, Roman Catholic, conservative in Brooklyn and has tried to kind of acclimate himself to the political environment as he ` s gone along.”
“In this climate officers and men, gathered mostly from Northern posts, were to "acclimate" themselves for a tropical campaign -- somewhere.”
“1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to help "acclimate" the Obama daughters, Malia and Sasha, to their new home.”
“I got in morning before at 4 a.m., so it was tough to acclimate.”
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“Most riders take years to acclimate to the tougher racing, harsher climate and bigger challenges of Europe; but Armstrong simply brushed off the cold, wet weather, fought through the antibiotics taken to combat a virus, and dug deep in the culminating time trial to win the race.”
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“Typically these are men who managed to acclimate to the vast cultural differences relatively quickly, married a Chinese national, can speak some Chinese, and now consider China to be their new home.”
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“Do you buy it, or is it up to Boudreau to better acclimate the Capitals to this year's new defensive style?”
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“The recession has drastically changed the playing field and those who refuse to acclimate will see their law practice sink like a stone.”
“McCarthy had his players arrive early so they could spend time on the field and acclimate themselves to the surroundings.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘acclimate’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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hunting
crudely, unequivocal, obsolete, obscure, overtly, misdeed, shack, inherent, outcry, hefty, composed, poised and 318 more...
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Americanism
American words
finest, fast food, acclimate, aluminum, alphabetize, airplane, affirmative action, arugula, backhoe, bangs, base board, bayou and 162 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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apjoseph's words
insurmountable, ubiquitous, unequivocal, incumbent, asinine, amenable, sycophants, precarious, malevolent, gregarious, raison detra, nefarious and 200 more...
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Words
My list of words.
veritable, facetious, nadir, quixotic, apropos, acquiesce, ostensible, insipid, egregious, inveterate, coax, adroit and 409 more...
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SAT Vocab
Redundant.
problematic, proclivity, prodigal, prodigious, prodigy, profane, profligate, profound, profusion, proliferation, prolific, prologue and 455 more...
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GRE
Taisha GRE Bible
archaic, archetype, archipelago, architect, archive, arctic, ardor, arduous, argot, arid, armory, arrest and 289 more...
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Tolland's list
Those I've come across and try to keep fresh within my mind.
clandestine, dysphoric, indictive, vigil, fractious, assiduous, indefatigable, ubiquitous, insidious, paroicous, aplomb, sangfroid and 654 more...
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list1
abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure, ablution and 106 more...
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word list
abandon, ache, augment, avow, atone, approbate, apprehend, abut, apostatize, abase, abash, abate and 155 more...
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What, another list?
ravishing, ravenous, pronk, brinksmanship, jaspe, mottle, chasm, testy, temperament, ponder, personally, phantom and 206 more...
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Dictionary.com Words of the Days of 2001
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acclimate, stentorian, expeditious, proselytize, equable, sacrosanct, indefatigable, gravid, hyperbole, funereal, flibbertigibbet, vet and 353 more...
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frequent toefl
Words that I do not know or unsure for toefl
appurtenances, aptitude, arbitrary, arboretum, argot, arrears, avocation, avuncular, badger, bait, warden, bane and 428 more...
Tweets
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frindley An Aussie would say acclimatize. Oct 5, 2008