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Clime

//klaɪm// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A particular region defined by its weather or climate. countable, uncountable

    "After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of climb. alt-of, colloquial, misspelling
  3. 3
    the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time wordnet
  4. 4
    Climate. countable, uncountable

    "A change of clime was exactly what the family needed."

  5. 5
    The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "It is a poor state of affairs this great nation is in at present. The current political clime is pregnant with attempts and desired to make lawful such discriminatory acts based on factors within an individual's constitution which are beyond her/his control."

Verb
  1. 1
    Misspelling of climb. alt-of, colloquial, misspelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to slope, incline”). See also climate.

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