acclimatise

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verb

Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.

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Meanings

verbacclimatise (third-person singular simple present acclimatises, present participle acclimatising, simple past and past participle acclimatised)

present singular third person acclimatises · participle present acclimatising · participle past acclimatised · past acclimatised

  1. Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
    1 more example

    The England manager can be encouraged by more evidence that Rickie Lambert has quickly acclimatised to international football, with another headed goal to add to the one he scored against Scotland, but Welbeck's ban comes at a time when Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll are already out and Daniel Sturridge is likely to join them.

    6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

verbget used to a certain climate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Frencha-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  11. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  12. Ancient Greekκλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)
  13. Latinclima
  14. Middle Frenchclimat
  15. Frenchclimat
  16. Frenchacclimater
  17. Englishacclimate
  18. Englishacclimatise

From acclimate + -ise.

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APA

acclimatise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acclimatise

MLA

“acclimatise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acclimatise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acclimatise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acclimatise.

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