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acclimate

ac·cli·mate [ ˈa-klə-ˌmāt]

acclimate

verb

[ˈa-klə-ˌmāt]

acclimated; acclimating

Definition of acclimate

transitive verb

: to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
//They had to acclimate themselves to an urban lifestyle. slowly becoming acclimated to a new environment

intransitive verb

: to adjust or adapt to a new temperature, climate, environment, or situation : to become acclimated
//climbers gradually acclimating to the high altitude

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Recent Examples on the Web

//To ease the pains of acclimating to completely new fantasy worlds, here is a handy dictionary of people, places, and things.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, "His Dark Materials digi-dictionary: Your guide to the HBO series multiverse," 3 Nov. 2019
//This type of oxygen regulation occurs when the body acclimates to higher altitudes, allowing cells to adjust to the lower levels of oxygen in the environment.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scientists Who Revealed How Cells Respond to Different Oxygen Levels," 7 Oct. 2019
//The Cardinal planned to arrive early to help get acclimated to the weather and time-zone change.
— Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, "UCF, Stanford game still on despite tropical storm threat," 12 Sep. 2019
//Brissett has had much more time to get acclimated to Reich and offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni’s system, given this is their second season working together.
— Max Meyer, SI.com, "AFC Teams That Are the Best Bets to Go Over Their Win Total," 26 Aug. 2019
//Of all their young players who have graduated the minor leagues this year, none have acclimated themselves at the highest level like Castro.
— Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers' Harold Castro, Victor Reyes proving themselves for roster spots in 2020," 16 Sep. 2019
//Besides, any new technology trying to catch a current into the mainstream needs to feel familiar, or at the very least not alienating—and part of that is acclimating people to unexpected new behaviors.
— Peter Rubin, WIRED, "Apple Puts the AR in 'Art' (and in 'Transparent Sky-Being')," 16 Aug. 2019
//Offensive coordinator Norv Turner pleasantly surprised in Year 1, and another year of getting acclimated with his players can only mean positive things.
— Max Meyer, SI.com, "NFC Teams That Are Best Bets to Go Over Their Win Total," 2 Sep. 2019
//Two mountain zebras, named Duke and Duchess, have been getting acclimated to their habitat for several months, the zoo announced Tuesday.
— USA TODAY, "Kacey Musgraves, sneaker flap, skiing in July: News from around our 50 states," 3 July 2019

First Known Use of acclimate

1792, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

History and Etymology for acclimate

borrowed from French acclimater, from a-, prefix forming transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + climat "climate" (going back to Old French) — more at climate

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