acclimatize

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/əˈklaɪ.məˌtaɪz/

verb

To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.

“acclimatize to the new regulations”

Similar
acclimatiseacclimate
OriginEnglish acclimate ← French acclimater ← Middle French climat →
RareScrabble 26
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Meanings

verbacclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)

present singular third person acclimatizes · participle present acclimatizing · participle past acclimatized · past acclimatized · alternative acclimatise

  1. intransitiveTo get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.

    acclimatize to the new regulations

    2 more examples

    She quickly acclimatized to her new job in a foreign country.

    The soldiers had to acclimatize before starting operations in the desert.

  2. transitiveTo make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

    acclimatize the staff to the new regulations

    1 more example

    It takes time to acclimatize oneself to the thin air of high mountains.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbget used to a certain climate

Similar
acclimatiseacclimate
Broader
adjustconformadapt
Also see
acclimateacclimatisecompensate

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. Englishacclimatize

From acclimate + -ize. First attested in 1836.

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Translations

Bulgarian аклиматизи́рам се, аклиматизи́рам
  • аклиматизи́рам се (aklimatizíram se)to get used to a new climate
  • аклиматизи́рам (aklimatizíram)to make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Czech aklimatizovat
  • aklimatizovatto get used to a new climate
Dutch acclimatiseren, acclimatiseren
  • acclimatiserento get used to a new climate
  • acclimatiserento make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Finnish sopeutua ilmastoon, mukautua ilmastoon
  • sopeutua ilmastoonto get used to a new climate
  • mukautua ilmastoonto get used to a new climate
  • tottua ilmastoonto get used to a new climate
  • akklimatisoituato get used to a new climate
  • akklimatisoidato make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • totuttaa ilmastoonto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • sopeuttaa ilmastoonto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
French acclimater, acclimater
  • acclimaterto get used to a new climate
  • acclimaterto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
German sich akklimatisieren, akklimatisieren
  • sich akklimatisierento get used to a new climate
  • akklimatisierento make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Hebrew התאקלם, התרגל
  • התאקלם (hit'aklém)to get used to a new climate
  • התרגל (hitragél)to get used to a new climate
  • אקלם (iklém)to make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • הרגיל (hirgíl)to make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Italian acclimatare, acclimatare
  • acclimatareto get used to a new climate
  • acclimatareto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Māori whakaarotau
  • whakaarotauto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Polish aklimatyzować, zaaklimatyzować
  • aklimatyzowaćto get used to a new climate
  • zaaklimatyzowaćto get used to a new climate
  • aklimatyzować sięto get used to a new climate
  • zaaklimatyzować sięto get used to a new climate
  • aklimatyzowaćto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • zaaklimatyzowaćto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • aklimatyzować sięto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • zaaklimatyzować sięto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Portuguese aclimatar, aclimatar
  • aclimatarto get used to a new climate
  • aclimatarto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Russian акклиматизи́роваться, акклиматизи́ровать
  • акклиматизи́роваться (akklimatizírovatʹsja)to get used to a new climate
  • акклиматизи́ровать (akklimatizírovatʹ)to make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Spanish aclimatarse, aclimatizarse
  • aclimatarseto get used to a new climate
  • aclimatizarseto get used to a new climate
  • aclimatarto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
  • aclimatizarto make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
Swedish acklimatisera, acklimatisera
  • acklimatiserato get used to a new climate
  • acklimatiserato make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
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