temperature

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tem·pera·ture [temperature temperatures] BrE [ˈtemprətʃə(r)] NAmE [ˈtemprətʃər] NAmE [ˈtemprətʃʊr] noun countable, uncountable (abbr.temp)
1. the measurement in degrees of how hot or cold a thing or place is
•high/low temperatures
•a fall/drop in temperature
•a rise in temperature
•The temperature has risen (by) five degrees.
• Heat the oven to a temperature of 200°C (= degrees ↑centigrade ).
• Some places have had temperatures in the 40s (= over 40° ↑centigrade ).
see also ↑absolute temperature, ↑room temperature
2. the measurement of how hot sb's body is
•to take sb's temperature (= measure the temperature of sb's body using a special instrument)
• (BrE) Does he have a temperature (= is it higher than normal, because of illness)?
• She's running a temperature (= it is higher than normal).
•He's in bed with a temperature of 40°.  In NAmE you can take sb's temperature but in the other examples the word fever is used.
compare ↑fever
Idiom: ↑raise the temperature

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from French température or Latin temperatura, from temperare ‘restrain’. The word originally denoted the state of being tempered or mixed, later becoming synonymous with ↑temperament. The modern sense dates from the late 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•He's in bed with a temperature of 102°.
•Heat the oven to a temperature of 200°C.
•Overnight the temperature fell as low as -30°C.
•Serve the wine at room temperature.
•She's running a temperature.
•Some places had temperatures in the forties during the heat wave.
•The desert is a place of temperature extremes.
•The fish prefer a temperature of 24–27°C.
•The increase in the mean global temperature will be about 0.3°C per decade.
•The nurse produced a thermometer and took my temperature.
•The product can be stored at room temperature.
•These instruments can withstand temperatures of 180°C.
•They used ice packs to bring down her temperature.
•This plant grows well in temperatures above 55°F.
•Water temperatures ranged from 12 to 15°C.
•Yesterday the town reached its highest ever February temperature.
•a temperature between 35 and 37°
•a temperature range of 60–74°F
•the boiling temperature of the solvent
•the surface temperature of our planet
•|Temperatures below freezing are common here.