Weather / A2

TEMPR-uh-ch-uh/ˈtemprətʃə/

Temperature is how hot or cold something is: room temperature, a high temperature (fever), check the temperature. Heat is related but not a number. Weather report uses temperature in degrees. Temper is a mood — mix-up. Do not write temperature when you mean temper, or temporary.

Meaning

How hot or cold a person, place, or thing is.

Examples

• “Check the temperature of the baby’s bottle.”
• “The temperature dropped at night on the mountain path.”
• “If you have a high temperature, stay in the hostel and rest.”

Good to know

room temperature / a high temperature. Mix-ups: temper, temporary.

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