temperature

temperature
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temperatures
1) N-VAR The temperature of something is a measure of how hot or cold it is.

Winter closes in and the temperature drops below freezing...

The temperature of the water was about 40 degrees...

Coping with severe drops in temperature can be very difficult.

2) N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N Your temperature is the temperature of your body. A normal temperature is about 37° centigrade.

His temperature continued to rise and the cough worsened until Tania finally persuaded a doctor to come.

3) N-COUNT: usu sing You can use temperature to talk about the feelings and emotions that people have in particular situations.

There's also been a noticeable rise in the political temperature.

4) PHRASE: usu PHR after v, v-link PHR If something is at room temperature, its temperature is neither hot nor cold.

Just before serving, stir the parsley into the potatoes. Serve at room temperature.

5) PHRASE: V inflects If you are running a temperature or if you have a temperature, your temperature is higher than it usually is.

He began to run an extremely high temperature. I begged him to let me call a doctor...

Little Constance had a temperature that day.

6) PHRASE: V inflects If you take someone's temperature you use an instrument called a thermometer to measure the temperature of their body in order to see if they are ill.

He will probably take your child's temperature too.


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