weather

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[edit] Etymology

Old English weder, from Proto-Germanic *weđrom, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom. Cognate with Dutch weer, German Wetter, Old Norse veðr (Danish vejr, Swedish väder) and with Russian вёдро (“‘fair weather’”).

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• IPA: /ˈwɛðɚ/
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  Rhymes: -ɛðə(r)

• Homophones: wether, whether (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

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weather (countable and uncountable; plural weathers)

1. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and its effects.

   Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.

3. (nautical) The windward side of a ship.
4. (countable, figuratively) A situation.

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• (windward side): weatherboard

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[edit] Verb

to weather (third-person singular simple present weathers, present participle weathering, simple past and past participle weathered)

1. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
2. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
3. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.

   Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.

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