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# weather

«weather» in Mova's school dictionary: **like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (weather — uncountable); verb (weather, weathers, weathered — to wear away; to get through a difficulty)

### meaning for a pupil

1) What the air outside is like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot, snowy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#m1)

2) Verb: to be changed or worn away by wind, rain and sun: weathered rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#m2)

3) Verb: to get through a hard time safely: «weather the storm». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#m3)

4) Fair-weather friends are people who stay friendly only when things are going well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: weather is measured with a thermometer (temperature), rain gauge (rain), wind vane and anemometer (wind); a forecast says what the weather will be; weather (day to day) is different from climate (usual weather over many years). In safety: dress for the weather; stay inside in storms; sun protection on hot days. Phrases: weather forecast, bad weather, hot weather, under the weather (feeling ill), weather permitting, all weathers.

### examples

- What's the weather like today? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x1)
- The weather forecast says rain tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x2)
- We stayed inside because of the bad weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x3)
- In hot weather drink lots of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x4)
- I'm feeling a bit under the weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x5)
- Weather can change quickly in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x6)
- Rocks are weathered by wind and rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x7)
- Weather is today; climate is the usual pattern over many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x8)
- Fair weather friends are not worth much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: «good weather», never «a good weather» or «weathers». Homophones: «whether» (if) and «wether» — same sound, different meanings. «Under the weather» = a bit ill.

### In the corpora

- [An amber weather warning means bad weather is likely and people should be ready; it does not promise a snow day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/20/)
- [For simple jobs with live data, such as timers and weather, voice assistants are usually useful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/6/)
- [Weather forecasts use computer models and AI to make good guesses, but weather is hard to predict, so forecasts are not promises.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/9/)
- [The coldest temperature ever measured at a weather station was about minus 89 degrees Celsius, at Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/7-antarctica/12/)
- [A shallow dish of water in hot weather helps birds, bees and hedgehogs; a stone in it lets insects climb out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/226-kindness-to-wild-animals/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weather» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weather/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.