acclimate
verb /ˈækləmeɪt/
/ˈækləmeɪt/
(especially North American English) (also acclimatize British and North American English, British English also acclimatise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they acclimate | /ˈækləmeɪt/ /ˈækləmeɪt/ |
| he / she / it acclimates | /ˈækləmeɪts/ /ˈækləmeɪts/ |
| past simple acclimated | /ˈækləmeɪtɪd/ /ˈækləmeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle acclimated | /ˈækləmeɪtɪd/ /ˈækləmeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form acclimating | /ˈækləmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈækləmeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to get used to a new place, situation or climate
- Competitors should arrive two weeks earlier to get acclimated to the sweltering heat.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French acclimater, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + climat ‘climate’.