temperature

temperature
tem|per|a|ture [ `temp(ə)rə,tʃur ] noun ***
1. ) count or uncount a measurement of how hot or cold a place or object is. Temperature is measured in degrees Fahrenheit or centigrade, which is also called Celsius, using the symbol °:
It's stopped snowing here and the temperature is about 25°.
temperature of: The seeds need a minimum temperature of about 15°C to germinate.
air/water/ground temperature: Evening air temperature averages about 50°F.
temperatures in the 20s/30s/40s etc.: unseasonably low temperatures in the 40s
the temperature rises: The temperature will rise steadily to a maximum of about 90°F this afternoon.
the temperature drops: Temperatures dropped below freezing last night.
at a temperature: Make sure that you bake it at the correct temperature.
2. ) count or uncount the measurement of how hot your body is:
What's his temperature?
I went to bed with a temperature of 103°F.
take someone's temperature (=measure it): She took his temperature and sent him to bed.
a ) have a temperature or be running a temperature to have a temperature that is higher than normal, which means that you have a fever:
She's been running a temperature of 100°F for two days.
3. ) count usually singular the amount of excitement that people feel in a particular situation:
The temperature of the meeting steadily rose.
In the early days of independence the government was anxious to lower the political temperature.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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