temperature

Definition

  • noun: a measurement that indicates how hot or cold something is
  • noun: degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale
  • synonyms: constitution, state, moderation

Examples

  • The governor's speech 'raised/lowered the' political 'temperature'. [=it made people more/less angry about the political situation]

  • The water 'temperature' has risen (by) two degrees. [=the water has become two degrees warmer]

  • Did you 'take his temperature'? [=did you use a thermometer to find out if he had a fever?]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) some form of the Macarena. But that would be just a best-guess scenario on my part. Dr. Stone, Houston. Medical now have you with a temperature drop to thirty-five-point-nine and a heart-rate rise to seventy. How are you feeling? - Houston, I'm fine. It's just keeping your lunch down (..)
    2013 Gravity