Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt. synonym: harden.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To habituate to a foreign climate; acclimatize: more especially (of persons), to adapt to new climates: as, to
acclimate settlers; to acclimate one's self.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
habituate to aclimate not native; toacclimatize . - verb transitive To
adjust to a newenvironment ; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one. - verb intransitive To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get used to a certain climate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's funny how you can get used to almost anything, like a loud noise down the street, but we are selling our souls if we "acclimate" ourselves to these butcher factories for our children.
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But, you know, in truth this is a guy who was raised blue collar, Roman Catholic, conservative in Brooklyn and has tried to kind of acclimate himself to the political environment as he ` s gone along.
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In this climate officers and men, gathered mostly from Northern posts, were to "acclimate" themselves for a tropical campaign -- somewhere.
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1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to help "acclimate" the Obama daughters, Malia and Sasha, to their new home.
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Do you buy it, or is it up to Boudreau to better acclimate the Capitals to this year's new defensive style?
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The recession has drastically changed the playing field and those who refuse to acclimate will see their law practice sink like a stone.
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I got in morning before at 4 a.m., so it was tough to acclimate.
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The recession has drastically changed the playing field and those who refuse to acclimate will see their law practice sink like a stone.
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Most riders take years to acclimate to the tougher racing, harsher climate and bigger challenges of Europe; but Armstrong simply brushed off the cold, wet weather, fought through the antibiotics taken to combat a virus, and dug deep in the culminating time trial to win the race.
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Typically these are men who managed to acclimate to the vast cultural differences relatively quickly, married a Chinese national, can speak some Chinese, and now consider China to be their new home.
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frindley commented on the word acclimate
An Aussie would say acclimatize.
October 5, 2008