climatize

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/ˈklaɪ.mɪtaɪz/

verb

To acclimatize or become acclimatized.

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Meanings

verbclimatize (third-person singular simple present climatizes, present participle climatizing, simple past and past participle climatized)

present singular third person climatizes · participle present climatizing · participle past climatized · past climatized

  1. To acclimatize or become acclimatized.

    Incidentally, the emphasis on the necessity of visual communication for the MTV generation is overblown. The MTV generation was climatized to visual media as an accident of history; had they been born in any other era they would have had to learn like anyone else.

    2025 November 2 (last accessed), “Let’s Get Real! Magritte and the Nature of Reality”, in baptistcenter.com, archived from the original on 01 May 2006, page 14
  2. To adapt for comfort in extreme climates, especially as regards to temperature.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
acclimate

Origin

From climate + -ize.

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APA

climatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climatize

MLA

“climatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climatize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “climatize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climatize.

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