storm

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/stɔːm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period of very bad weather with strong wind or rain.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

Examples

  • The brightness of the sky showed that the storm had passed.

  • The proposal would spark a storm of protest around the country.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.

  2. Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).

  3. A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).

More examples

In context

  • The strong wind indicates that a storm is coming.

  • The boat was torn to pieces in the storm, and nobody survived.

  • Near-synonyms: cyclone (broad sense), tempest

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Origin

noun

From Middle English storm (“disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”) [and other forms], from Old English storm (“tempest, storm; attack; storm of arrows; disquiet, disturbance, tumult, uproar; onrush, rush”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *sturm (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to propel; to urge on”). Related to stir. Cognates * Danish storm (“storm”) * Dutch storm (“storm”) * German Sturm (“storm”) * Icelandic stormur (“storm”) * Low German storm (“storm”) * Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”) * Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”) * Scots storm (“storm”) * Swedish...