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1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Temperate is used to describe a climate or a place which is never extremely hot or extremely cold. □  The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year.

2 ADJ If a person's behaviour is temperate , it is calm and reasonable, so that they do not get angry or lose their temper easily. [FORMAL ] □  His final report to the President was far more temperate and balanced than the earlier memorandum.

tem|pera|ture ◆◇◇ /te mprətʃə ^r / (temperatures )

1 N‑VAR The temperature of something is a measure of how hot or cold it is. □  The temperature soared to above 100 degrees in the shade. □  Coping with severe drops in temperature can be very difficult.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft poss N ] Your temperature is the temperature of your body. A normal temperature is about 37° centigrade. □  His temperature continued to rise alarmingly.

3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] You can use temperature to talk about the feelings and emotions that people have in particular situations. □  There's also been a noticeable rise in the political temperature.

4 PHRASE If something is at room temperature , its temperature is neither hot nor cold. □  Stir the parsley into the potatoes and serve at room temperature.

5 PHRASE If you are running a temperature or if you have a temperature , your temperature is higher than it usually is. □  He began to run an extremely high temperature.

6 PHRASE If you take someone's temperature you use an instrument called a thermometer to measure the temperature of their body in order to see if they are ill. □  He will probably take your child's temperature too. COLLOCATIONS temperature NOUN 1

noun + temperature : air, body, daytime, oven

adjective + temperature : ambient, average; cool, freezing, low, subzero; high, rising, soaring, scorching

verb + temperature : control, lower, raise; brave

tem|pest /te mp I st/ (tempests )

1 N‑COUNT A tempest is a very violent storm. [LITERARY ]

2 N‑COUNT You can refer to a situation in which people are very angry or excited as a tempest . [LITERARY ] □  I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.

3a tempest in a teapot → see teapot

tem|pes|tu|ous /tempe stʃuəs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a relationship or a situation as tempestuous , you mean that very strong and intense emotions, especially anger, are involved. □  For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines.

tem|pi /te mpi/ Tempi is a plural of tempo .

tem|plate /te mple I t, [AM ] -pl I t/ (templates )

1 N‑COUNT A template is a thin piece of metal or plastic which is cut into a particular shape. It is used to help you cut wood, paper, metal, or other materials accurately, or to reproduce the same shape many times. □  Trace around your template and transfer the design onto a sheet of card.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If one thing is a template for something else, the second thing is based on the first thing. □ [+ for ] The deal is likely to provide a template for other agreements.

tem|ple ◆◇◇ /te mp ^ə l/ (temples )

1 N‑COUNT A temple is a building used for the worship of a god or gods, especially in the Buddhist and Hindu religions, and in ancient Greek and Roman times. □  …a small Hindu temple. □ [+ of ] …the Temple of Diana at Ephesus.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Your temples are the flat parts on each side of the front part of your head, near your forehead. □  Threads of silver ran through his beard and the hair at his temples.

tem|po /te mpoʊ/ (tempos or tempi )

1 N‑SING The tempo of an event is the speed at which it happens. □ [+ of ] …owing to the slow tempo of change in an overwhelmingly rural country.