temperate
adjective/ˈtempərət/
/ˈtempərət/
- [usually before noun] (specialist) (of a climate or region) having a mild temperature without extremes of heat or cold
- a country with a temperate climate
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc2- In winter, the birds fly from the Arctic to more temperate zones.
- The temperate latitudes were once much colder than they are today.
- These plants are only found in temperate regions.
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- (formal) behaving in a calm way and with control opposite intemperate
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘not affected by passion or emotion’): from Latin temperatus ‘mingled, restrained’, from the verb temperare.
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