word-vault/dist/data/cards/te/temperate.json

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{
    "term": "temperate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a mild temperature without extremes of heat or cold",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a country with a temperate climate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In winter, the birds fly from the Arctic to more temperate zones."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The temperate latitudes were once much colder than they are today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These plants are only found in temperate regions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "behaving in a calm way and with control",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtempərət/",
                "audio": "te/temperate/temperate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtempərət/",
                "audio": "te/temperate/temperate__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘not affected by passion or emotion’): from Latin temperatus ‘mingled, restrained’, from the verb temperare."
}