Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with weather in American Collocation
weather
noun
uncountable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈweðər/
with sun, rain etc
cloudy
frosty
icy
rainy
snowy
stormy
sunny
windy
The weather was sunny and warm.
hot or warm
boiling (hot)
hot
scorching
warm
The weather ranged from boiling to freezing.
cold
chilly
cold
cool
freezing (cold)
frosty
wintry
Wintry weather causes problems on the roads.
wet or dull
cloudy
damp
dismal
dull
humid
overcast
rainy
wet
Be prepared for some hot and very humid weather.
The weather was overcast but warm.
good
beautiful
favourable
fine
glorious
good
lovely
nice
perfect
bad
adverse
atrocious
awful
bad
foul
inclement
miserable
The weather was awful.
extreme
extreme
freak
rough
severe
stormy
wild
We have all experienced freak weather over the last few years.
not staying the same
changeable
unpredictable
unsettled
The weather was very changeable, one day beautiful and sunny, the next cold, wet and windy.
talk about expected weather
check
expect
forecast
predict
Climate models can successfully forecast the weather.
have good/bad weather
enjoy
have
The March event usually enjoys better weather than the autumn one.
do something despite the weather
brave
withstand
A few people had chosen to brave the weather and were looking around outside.