temperaturenoun
uk/ˈtem.prə.tʃər/us/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.tʃɚ/temperature noun (HEAT LEVEL)
A2 [ C or U ] the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body:
Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius.
Temperatures have risen over the past few days (= the weather has become warmer).
The doctor examined him and took his temperature (= measured it).
run/have a temperature
A2 to have a higher body temperature than normal and to be ill
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- The temperature today reached 25°C.
- Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature.
- It seems these ants can tolerate temperatures which would kill other species.
- The fridge keeps food at a constant temperature.
- Shall I give you the temperature in Celsius or in Fahrenheit?
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Measurements of temperature
- absolute zero
- C, c
- Celsius
- centigrade
- dewpoint
- F, f
- Fahrenheit
- fifties
- forties
- K, k
- kelvin
- mark
- melting point
- nineties
- point
- seventies
- teens
- thirties
- zero
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Fevers & infectious diseases
temperature noun (OF A SITUATION)
[ U ] If you say that the temperature in a particular situation is rising, you mean that it is likely to become violent because people have become angry:
The temperature of the discussion started to rise as each side added its own arguments.
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Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- a snowball effect idiom
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fire idiom
- balloon
- bump
- dial
- growing
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- multiply
- pile
- scale sth up
- speed-up
- spurt
- step
- step sth up
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