The new Poetry Competition

So the word is now out concerning Adelaide Plains Poets new poetry competition! The theme is "Climate", and the poet is welcome to use it however they wish. Climate Change is certainly the big one at the moment, but there are other ways of using the word.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/climate gives this definition:

Climate

   [klī′mət]

Use climate in a sentence

noun

1. The definition of climate is the weather of a location over time or the environment or mood.
   1. An example of climate is when it is snowy and rainy.
   2. An example of climate is an economic boom time.

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Iceland has a very cold climate.

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climate

noun

1. the prevailing or average weather conditions of a place, as determined by the temperature and meteorological changes over a period of years
2. any prevailing conditions affecting life, activity, etc.: a favorable climate of opinion
3. a region with certain prevailing weather conditions: to move to a warmer climate

Origin of climate

Middle English climat ; from Old French ; from Late Latin clima ; from Classical Greek klima, region, zone ; from base of klinein, to slope (see incline): origin, originally , slope of the earth from the equator toward the poles

Related Forms:

• climatic
  adjective
• climatically
  adverb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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climate

noun

1. The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region.
2. A region of the earth having particular meteorological conditions: lives in a cold climate.
3. A prevailing condition or set of attitudes in human affairs: a climate of unrest.

Origin of climate

Middle English climat, from Old French, from Late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima, surface of the earth, region; seeklei- in Indo-European roots.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition Copyright © 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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climate

See also environment; weather

climatographythe science of the description of climate. —climatographer, n. —climatographical, adj.climatologythe science that studies climate or climatic conditions. —climatologist, n. —climatologic, climatological, adj.cryptoclimatethe climate of the inside of a building, airliner, or space ship, as distinguished from that on the outside.hyetographythe study of the geographical distribution of rainfall by annual totals. —hyetographic, hyetographical, adj.meteorologythe science that studies climate and weather variations. —meteorologie, meteorological, adj. —meteorologist, n.microclimatology1. the study of minute gradations in climate that are due to the nature of the terrain. 2. the study of microclimates or climates of limited areas, as houses or communities. —microclimatologist, n. —microclimatologic, microclimatological, adj.phenologythe branch of biology that studies the relation between variations in climate and periodic biological phenomena, as the migration of birds or the flowering of plants. —phenologist, n. —phenologic, phenological, adj.

Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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climate

Noun

(plural climates)

1. The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
2. (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.

   Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate.

Related terms

• climatic
• climatory
• cline
• lean

Verb

(third-person singular simple present climates, present participle climating, simple past and past participle climated)

1. (poetic, obsolete) To dwell.

Origin

From French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klima, “inclination”), from κλίνω (klinō, “to slope, incline”) (from which also cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

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• This part of Arkansas had a mild climate, winter and summer.
• Your shell has to shed wind, water and snow to maintain a warm and dry climate inside.
• The climate in the south at this time of the year was probably hot, but surely it couldn't hold a candle to the week she had spent in the desert.
• They exchanged news and details on the climate differences and finally, when they were talked out, they said their good byes.
• It is the chief health resort of the state, and its climate is one of the finest in Australia; it has a mean annual temperature of 58.6° F., and the summer heat is never excessive.