weather

CEFRA1

/ˈwɛðə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The conditions of the air, such as rain, wind, or heat.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.

Examples

  • All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather.

  • You'll soon get accustomed to this cold weather.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈweðə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.

  2. The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

  3. A situation.

More examples

In context

  • "When will you be back?" "It all depends on the weather."

  • The garden party was called off due to bad weather.

  • We'll go for a walk when the weather's better.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”...