weather

«weather» in Mova's school dictionary: like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (weather — uncountable); verb (weather, weathers, weathered — to wear away; to get through a difficulty)

meaning for a pupil

1) What the air outside is like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot, snowy. tree →

2) Verb: to be changed or worn away by wind, rain and sun: weathered rocks. tree →

3) Verb: to get through a hard time safely: «weather the storm». tree →

4) Fair-weather friends are people who stay friendly only when things are going well. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography: weather is measured with a thermometer (temperature), rain gauge (rain), wind vane and anemometer (wind); a forecast says what the weather will be; weather (day to day) is different from climate (usual weather over many years). In safety: dress for the weather; stay inside in storms; sun protection on hot days. Phrases: weather forecast, bad weather, hot weather, under the weather (feeling ill), weather permitting, all weathers.

examples

• What's the weather like today? tree →
• The weather forecast says rain tomorrow. tree →
• We stayed inside because of the bad weather. tree →
• In hot weather drink lots of water. tree →
• I'm feeling a bit under the weather. tree →
• Weather can change quickly in the mountains. tree →
• Rocks are weathered by wind and rain. tree →
• Weather is today; climate is the usual pattern over many years. tree →
• Fair weather friends are not worth much. tree →

note

Uncountable: «good weather», never «a good weather» or «weathers». Homophones: «whether» (if) and «wether» — same sound, different meanings. «Under the weather» = a bit ill.

In the corpora

• An amber weather warning means bad weather is likely and people should be ready; it does not promise a snow day.
• For simple jobs with live data, such as timers and weather, voice assistants are usually useful.
• Weather forecasts use computer models and AI to make good guesses, but weather is hard to predict, so forecasts are not promises.
• The coldest temperature ever measured at a weather station was about minus 89 degrees Celsius, at Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983.
• A shallow dish of water in hot weather helps birds, bees and hedgehogs; a stone in it lets insects climb out.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «weather» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.