ACCLIMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acclimate mean? 

• ACCLIMATE (verb)
  The verb ACCLIMATE has 1 sense:

1. get used to a certain climate

  Familiarity information: ACCLIMATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCLIMATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they acclimate    ... he / she / it acclimates   
Past simple: acclimated   
Past participle: acclimated   
-ing form: acclimating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get used to a certain climate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize

Context example:

They never acclimatized in Egypt

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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)

 Context examples 

The findings suggest that humans may acclimate to cool temperature by increasing brown fat, which in turn may lead to improvements in glucose metabolism.

(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)