Definition & Meaning of "temperature"in English

Temperature

a measure of how hot or cold something or somewhere is

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Plural form

temperatures

Examples

The temperature outside dropped below freezing overnight.

a condition characterized by a body temperature above the normal range, often indicating an immune response to infection or illness within the body

Examples

A high temperature is often one of the first signs that the body is fighting off an infection.

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