noun
1 how hot or cold sth is
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , hot , warm
▪
Yesterday the town reached its highest ever February ~.
▪ cold , cool , low , sub-zero
▪ moderate
▪ normal
▪ extreme
▪
Avoid exposing the instrument to extreme ~s.
▪ boiling , freezing , melting
▪
the boiling ~ of the solvent
▪ maximum , minimum
▪ average , mean
▪ constant , stable , steady
▪ daytime
▪ annual , daily
▪ summer , winter , etc.
▪ April , July , etc.
▪ global
▪
The increase in the mean global ~ will be about 0.3°C per decade.
▪ air , ocean ( esp. AmE ), sea ( esp. BrE ), water , etc.
▪ ambient , room
▪
The product can be stored at room ~.
▪ oven
▪ body
▪ surface
▪
the surface ~ of our planet
▪ external , internal
VERB + TEMPERATURE
▪ have
▪
Some places had ~s in the forties during the heatwave.
▪ heat sth to , increase , raise
▪
Heat the oven to a ~ of 200°C.
▪ decrease , lower , reduce
▪ reach
▪ control , maintain , regulate
▪ measure , monitor , record
▪ expose sth to
▪ withstand
▪
These instruments can withstand ~s of 180°C.
TEMPERATURE + VERB
▪ go up , increase , rise , soar
▪ dip , drop , fall , go down , plummet
▪
Overnight the ~ fell to minus 30°C.
▪ range
▪
Water ~s ranged from 12 to 15°C.
▪ exceed sth , reach sth
▪ change , vary
TEMPERATURE + NOUN
▪ conditions
▪ change , difference , drop , increase , rise
▪ fluctuation , gradient , range , variation
▪
a ~ range of 60–74°F
▪ extremes
▪
The desert is a place of ~ extremes.
▪ control , regulation
▪ data , measurement , reading
▪ gauge , sensor
PREPOSITION
▪ at … ~
▪
Serve the wine at room ~.
▪ in a ~
▪
This plant grows well in ~s above 55°F.
▪ ~ above , ~ below
▪
|Temperatures below freezing are common here.
▪ ~ between
▪
a ~ between 35 and 37°
▪ ~ of
▪
The fish prefer a ~ of 24–27°C.
PHRASES
▪ a change in ~ , a variation in ~
▪ a range of ~
▪ a drop in ~
▪ an increase in ~ , a rise in ~
2 fever
ADJECTIVE
▪ high
▪ slight
VERB + TEMPERATURE
▪ have , run
▪
She's running a ~.
▪ take
▪
The nurse produced a thermometer and took my ~.
▪ bring down
▪
They used ice packs to bring down her ~.
TEMPERATURE + VERB
▪ go up , rise
▪ come down
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
He's in bed with a ~ of 102°.