Meaning

A particular region defined by its weather or climate..

Definitions by Sense

1. A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
2. Climate.
3. (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
4. (colloquial) Misspelling of climb.

Example Sentences

After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.

Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?

My ſoul turn from them, turn we to ſurvey / Where rougher climes a nobler race diſplay,

"And as their valour, so you trow, defied on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, so many changing skies their manhood tried, such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]"

She thought of her husband in some vague warm clime on the other side of the globe, while she was here in the cold.

She had not yielded for an instant to the enervating charm of the tropics, but contrariwise was more active, more worldly, more decided than anyone in a temperate clime would have thought it possible to be.

As heat and wildfires plague many parts of Europe, the desire for cooler climes is driving tourists to Nordic countries, prompting as much concern as celebration. […] The word is “coolcation,” and in an industry that has never met a trend it couldn’t slap a portmanteau onto, the term refers to the growing number of travelers who are avoiding the heat of traditional summer spots in favor of chillier climes.

A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.

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Use clime when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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