ACCLIMATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they acclimate ... he / she / it acclimates

Past simple: acclimated

Past participle: acclimated

-ing form: acclimating

Meaning:

Get used to a certain climate

Example:

They never acclimatized in Egypt

Synonyms:

acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Sentence frames:

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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)