temperate English

Meaning temperate meaning

What does temperate mean?

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temperate Adjective

— If something is temperate, then it is in the middle; it is moderate or not excessive; the temperate was not too hot, but not too cold.

— If something is temperate, it is not violent; it is cool. The whole of Europe lies in the temperate region.

temperate

— adjective (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate a temperate region the temperate zones temperate plants

— adjective not extreme in behavior temperate in his habits a temperate response to an insult temperate in his eating and drinking

— adjective (= moderate) not extreme a moderate penalty temperate in his response to criticism

Synonyms temperate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as temperate?

temperate English » English

moderate

mild

abstemious

warm

frugal

abstinent

restrained

medium

sparing

gentle

economical

tepid

sober

self-restrained

self-contained

reserved

reasonable

passable

middle-of-the-road

lukewarm

clement

average

withhold

unremarkable

unpretentious

unpretending

unostentatious

understated

undemonstrative

typical

tolerant

tolerable

tender

tempered

subdued

staid

soft

sober-minded

sensible

self-controlled

sedate

review

reticent

regulated

regular

quiet

placable

offish

normal

modest

Topics temperate topics

What do people use temperate to talk about?

Universe, creation Sky

Weather

• What words refer to the type of weather a place normally has?
  climate dry/wet/cold/hot climate tropical temperate

States Quality

Hot

• What words describe a time or place that is warm?
  warm the warmth balmy mild temperate

Examples temperate examples

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Simple sentences

Our country's climate is temperate.

Japan's climate is temperate.

Movie subtitles

And then we will console ourselves with the notion that the mildly temperate shower of the clinic has replaced the barbaric methods of medieval times.

If our blood runs cooler and more temperate, let us not account to ourselves for virtue, but place it to the credit of the soothing balm of the passage of years that we have fortifications against the distempers of juvenility.

In fact, you can find them in backyards, empty lots, and fields throughout the temperate zones of the world.

But I've been a temperate and God-fearing man all my life, sir.

Stay temperate, old man!

She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious loyal and neutral in a moment?

But here in the temperate zones, dear children he is as tame and cuddly as a little cat.

This is a temperate zone.

When we conquer a people, we must be temperate, but when agreements are broken, punishments must be severe.

I'm a temperate man. Temperate in my speech.

We've been blessed with temperate weather and fertile soil.

Why did you have to temperate?

But I've been a temperate and God-fearing man all my life, sir. Well, I guess my past is out.

Stay temperate, old man. Neill.

I'm glad you remembered one of my more temperate quotes.

No red-blooded drinking man is more temperate than I am.

She doesn't look very temperate.

Well, this is a temperate zone.

I'm a temperate man.

The mines line the temperate zone between the day and night sides, but they are deserted.

Their response has been pretty temperate.

Temperate country in the heart of Africa.

I THOUGHT IT MUST BE QUITE TEMPERATE.

A quiet and temperate life.

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious loyal and neutral in a moment? No man!

Climate, temperate.

And fourth, the air in the temperate zone.

It is covered of steel, and the lock has five bolts of temperate steel.

You're more temperate than I'd be in your situation.

We must be temperate.

A temperate zone?

Moderate means temperate, it means responsible, thoughtful.

That the aged men be sober, grave. temperate. sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Balcony, platform exterior to a room, found in temperate or tropical climate.

News and current affairs

There is good scientific reason to believe that many tropical regions will experience vastly more damage from global warming than will temperate-zone countries like the US.

In general, the non-socialist, temperate-zone countries are all fairly rich.

Lastly, France arguably has one of the world's most favorable natural environments, with fertile soil and an exceptionally temperate climate.

A devastating economic blow occurred in the mid-nineteenth century, when Europe learned to produce sugar from a temperate-zone crop, beets, rather than from tropical sugar cane.

Tzu-Kung answered: .Our Master gets things (done) by being cordial, frank, courteous, temperate, deferential.