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verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -mat·ed, -mat·ing.
to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate or environment; adapt.
Related forms
re·ac·cli·mate, verb, -mat·ed, -mat·ing.
un·ac·cli·mat·ed, adjective
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Acclimate
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Example Sentences
- It does take a while for foreign students to acclimate.
- To acclimate to the big chill ahead, they rode exercise bikes in a friend's walk-in freezer.
- He notes that by giving the traveling team a rest day to acclimate to the new time zone a three-hour advantage can be cut to two.
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Word Origin & History
acclimate
1792, from Fr. acclimater, from à "to" (from L. ad) + climat (see climate). The extended form acclimatize is now more common. Acclimation is recorded from 1859.
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