weather

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable) Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
3. (countable, uncountable) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
4. (countable, figuratively) A situation.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A storm; a tempest.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A light shower of rain.

Adj

Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Verb

1. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
2. (broadly) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
3. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
4. To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids.
5. To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
6. To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
7. To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
8. To rain; to storm.

Synonyms

climate

atmospheric conditions

time

⌚

sky

light

weather conditions

air

season

endure

wind

overcome

atmospheric condition

atmosphere

brave

upwind

conditions

precipitation

exposed to the wind

astronomical phenomena

look of the sky

weather condition

persist

get through

get over

storm

situation

tide over

windward

brave out

envisage

condition

encounter

elements

collisions

bear

🐻

disease

discolour

cold weather

discolor

digest

climatic

bad weather

aerate

pass through

decolourize

meteorological

period

decolorize

ceiling

jostles

Translations

temps

⌚

Wetter

tiempo

⌚

weer

🔁

tempo

⌚

tempo

⌚

καιρός

hava

temps

⌚

Witterung

طقس

clima

weder

clima

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɛð.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: weder

Inherited from Old English: weder

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Weeder

Cognate with Western Frisian: waar

Cognate with Dutch: weer

Cognate with Low German: Weder

Cognate with German: Wetter

Cognate with Danish: vejr

Cognate with Swedish: väder

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: vær

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr

Cognate with Icelandic: veður

Cognate with Sanskrit: निर्वाण

In summary

From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”).

Sentences

I watched the weather forecast .

The effectiveness of the spraying was influenced by many factors including weather and terrain .

Its anchorage is sheltered from westerly weather by nearby Wardang Island .