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climatic

adjective

Simple meaning

Related to the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.

Pronunciation

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klymatik

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IPA pronunciation (US)

klaɪˈmætɪk

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Word Review

Definition

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adjective

  1. Of or relating to a climate

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C1 · Advanced (estimated)
Frequency
Uncommon
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

This meaning: Of or relating to a climate

Used this way, climatic is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Geography/travel
  • Weather/aviation
  • Technical/specialist writing

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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climatic zoneclimatic optimumclimatic conditionsclimatic dataclimatic effectsclimatic variabilityclimatic variation

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Word Family

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Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • climatologynounScientific field · specialist

    Meteorology of climates and their phenomena.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • climatic zonenounCompound term

    Any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude.

  • national climatic data centernounCompound term

    The part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data.

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