Acclimatize
verb
To get used to a new situation, condition, or climate.
It took me a few weeks to acclimatize to the hot weather in India.
Often appears as...
- acclimatize to the weather
- acclimatize to the altitude
verb
To make or become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions.
The plants were slowly acclimatized to the harsh desert conditions.
Often appears as...
- acclimatize plants to conditions
- acclimatize organisms to temperature
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To prepare for a change in physical conditions, such as altitude.
The team spent a week in the mountains to acclimatize to the high altitude before the game.
Often appears as...
- acclimatize to altitude
- acclimatize before climbing
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To get used to a new situation, condition, or climate.
It took me a few weeks to acclimatize to the hot weather in India.
Often appears as...
- acclimatize to the weather
- acclimatize to the altitude
verb
To make or become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions.
The plants were slowly acclimatized to the harsh desert conditions.
Often appears as...
- acclimatize plants to conditions
- acclimatize organisms to temperature
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To prepare for a change in physical conditions, such as altitude.
The team spent a week in the mountains to acclimatize to the high altitude before the game.
Often appears as...
- acclimatize to altitude
- acclimatize before climbing
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Adjustment
Implies a period of discomfort while getting used to new conditions.
She had to acclimatize to living alone.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Effort
Suggests an active process to feel comfortable in new settings.
He tried to acclimatize himself by taking daily walks outside.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Over Time
Indicates that acclimatization is gradual, not immediate.
You'll acclimatize to the new school routine in time.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Adjustment
Implies a period of discomfort while getting used to new conditions.
She had to acclimatize to living alone.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Effort
Suggests an active process to feel comfortable in new settings.
He tried to acclimatize himself by taking daily walks outside.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Over Time
Indicates that acclimatization is gradual, not immediate.
You'll acclimatize to the new school routine in time.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Adjustment
Implies a period of discomfort while getting used to new conditions.
She had to acclimatize to living alone.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Effort
Suggests an active process to feel comfortable in new settings.
He tried to acclimatize himself by taking daily walks outside.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Over Time
Indicates that acclimatization is gradual, not immediate.
You'll acclimatize to the new school routine in time.
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Crucial Waters PIPE...
kinds of bugs but I just laid there no scuba gear just math snorkel and fins in my wetsuit day after day trying to let the animals acclimate to me and get used to me and eventually you know they did and they would come close and I was able to make this picture that appeared in the in the magazine of this beautiful little lemon
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Interview: Brian Skerry...
of marine protected areas but the experience was amazing I mean most dives you're limited to maybe an hour underwater but here I was able to spend six or seven hours and what that meant was that you could see things you could acclimate to some of the animals in a way that I never was
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Margaret Gould Stewart:...
But people were very attached to the five-star rating system. Video creators really loved their ratings. Millions and millions of people were accustomed to the old design. So in order to help people prepare themselves for change and acclimate to the new design more quickly,
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Steve Winter & Alan...
water that's his dad came in for a drink and there they are having fun in the middle of the night because they'll sleep and then as dawn comes they start hunting but but there are certain reserves which is so well protected that Tigers have learned to acclimate among
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What causes bad breath?...
and not the stomach or elsewhere in the body. But one of the biggest challenges lies in actually determining how our breath smells in the first place, and it's unclear why. It may be that we're too acclimatized to the smell inside our own mouths to judge it.
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What separates us from...
I remember so well, so vividly, as though it was yesterday -- the first time, when I was going through the vegetation, the chimpanzees were still running away from me, for the most part, although some were a little bit acclimatized --
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Does "The Wonderful...
in the opposite way as Littlefield. They claim it's a celebration of the new urban consumer culture. Historian William Leach argued that the dazzling Emerald City of Oz was meant to acclimate people to the shiny, new America.
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Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner:...
threat of oxygen pressure left and we all were not acclimatized we were not adapted on the low oxygen pressure so we decided to find a quite safe P work place over there first we had to cross
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Mule Mayhem PIPE Live Free...
were back then but it is what it is and we don't live in the past we live in the future now and got to get these guys to acclimate to the modern world that we live in
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The Photograph PIPE...
did it on foot allowing their bodies to acclimate slowly to having less oxygen as they sought out that elusive route to the world's highest mountain
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Crucial Waters PIPE...
kinds of bugs but I just laid there no scuba gear just math snorkel and fins in my wetsuit day after day trying to let the animals acclimate to me and get used to me and eventually you know they did and they would come close and I was able to make this picture that appeared in the in the magazine of this beautiful little lemon
Video examples
Interview: Brian Skerry...
of marine protected areas but the experience was amazing I mean most dives you're limited to maybe an hour underwater but here I was able to spend six or seven hours and what that meant was that you could see things you could acclimate to some of the animals in a way that I never was
Video examples
Margaret Gould Stewart:...
But people were very attached to the five-star rating system. Video creators really loved their ratings. Millions and millions of people were accustomed to the old design. So in order to help people prepare themselves for change and acclimate to the new design more quickly,
Video examples
Steve Winter & Alan...
water that's his dad came in for a drink and there they are having fun in the middle of the night because they'll sleep and then as dawn comes they start hunting but but there are certain reserves which is so well protected that Tigers have learned to acclimate among
Video examples
What causes bad breath?...
and not the stomach or elsewhere in the body. But one of the biggest challenges lies in actually determining how our breath smells in the first place, and it's unclear why. It may be that we're too acclimatized to the smell inside our own mouths to judge it.
Video examples
What separates us from...
I remember so well, so vividly, as though it was yesterday -- the first time, when I was going through the vegetation, the chimpanzees were still running away from me, for the most part, although some were a little bit acclimatized --
Video examples
Does "The Wonderful...
in the opposite way as Littlefield. They claim it's a celebration of the new urban consumer culture. Historian William Leach argued that the dazzling Emerald City of Oz was meant to acclimate people to the shiny, new America.
Video examples
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner:...
threat of oxygen pressure left and we all were not acclimatized we were not adapted on the low oxygen pressure so we decided to find a quite safe P work place over there first we had to cross
Video examples
Mule Mayhem PIPE Live Free...
were back then but it is what it is and we don't live in the past we live in the future now and got to get these guys to acclimate to the modern world that we live in
Video examples
The Photograph PIPE...
did it on foot allowing their bodies to acclimate slowly to having less oxygen as they sought out that elusive route to the world's highest mountain
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Quote examples
Jenna Blum
American Writer
The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind.
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Abhinav Shukla
Indian Actor
I drove down to Leh with my brother and from there, we had a two-day trek till the base camp of Stok Kangri. After a day's layover to acclimatize ourselves and a partial attempt to climb the peak, we attempted the final climb a day later.
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Sloane Crosley
American Writer
I am starting to like L.A., but the concept of a place you have to get used to so much seems a little weird to me. I have been to many foreign cities where I didn't have to acclimatize as much as I did to L.A.
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Adam Carolla
American Entertainer
It's funny when you're a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.
Quote examples
Jenna Blum
American Writer
The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind.
Quote examples
Abhinav Shukla
Indian Actor
I drove down to Leh with my brother and from there, we had a two-day trek till the base camp of Stok Kangri. After a day's layover to acclimatize ourselves and a partial attempt to climb the peak, we attempted the final climb a day later.
Quote examples
Sloane Crosley
American Writer
I am starting to like L.A., but the concept of a place you have to get used to so much seems a little weird to me. I have been to many foreign cities where I didn't have to acclimatize as much as I did to L.A.
Quote examples
Adam Carolla
American Entertainer
It's funny when you're a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.
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