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    ACCLIMATIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they acclimatize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it acclimatizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: acclimatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: acclimatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: acclimatizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Get used to a certain climateplay

    Example:

    They never acclimatized in Egypt

    Synonyms:

    acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "acclimatize" is one way to...):

    adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP

    Derivation:

    acclimatization (adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment))

    climate (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time)

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