Meaning & use
climatise
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Meanings
verbtransitiveBritish
To make a building or room's air temperature and humidity comfortable, usually with equipment.
Grammar: Takes an object: climatise a room. Often used in the passive: the hall is climatised.
Patterns
- climatise something
- be climatised for something
The new library is fully climatised, so it stays cool even in summer.
They spent a lot of money to climatise the office before the heat wave.
The gallery is climatised to protect the old paintings.
verbintransitiveBritish
To become used to a new climate or conditions, or to help someone do this.
Grammar: No object; often followed by 'to': climatise to the heat.
Patterns
- climatise to something
- become climatised
It took the team a week to climatise to the tropical heat.
New staff need time to climatise to working in a cold store.
Word forms
| third person singular | climatises |
|---|---|
| past tense | climatised |
| past participle | climatised |
| -ing form | climatising |
Common combinations
- fully climatised
- The hotel rooms are fully climatised.
- climatise a building
- It is expensive to climatise an old building.
- climatise to the heat
- The runners needed a few days to climatise to the heat.
- climatised office
- She works in a climatised office with no open windows.
Synonyms and how they differ
- air-condition
- More common in everyday speech and usually means cooling, while climatise can also suggest controlling heat and humidity.
- acclimatize
- This is the usual word for people or animals getting used to a new climate; climatise is more often used for buildings.
Word family
- climatisation noun
- The system or process of controlling the air in a building.
- climatised adjective
- Having air that is controlled for temperature and humidity.
Commonly confused: climatise or climatize?
climatise vs climatize
This is the American spelling of the same word; British writing usually uses climatise.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
A building does not climatise itself, so the passive 'is climatised' is correct. 'Climatises' would mean the office does the action, which does not fit here.
Make it your own
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