Collocations for "temperature"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "temperature" in context.
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temperature
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- do you know what the temperature is outside?
- the [oven, engine] temperature
- the temperature is too [high, low]
- [cold, mild] temperatures in winter
- [increase, decrease, adjust] the temperature
- turn the temperature [up, down]
- a temperature of [fifty] degrees
- the temperature was in the [high, low] thirties
- temperature and [pressure, precipitation, humidity]
- expecting a [drop, rise] in temperature
- [store, keep] at room temperature
- take the [baby's, patient's] temperature
- the [baby] has a temperature
- a temperature [high, low] of [60]
- expecting a temperature [rise, drop]
- take a temperature reading
'temperature' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adjustment
- alloy
- average
- boiling
- bottom
- climbing
- constant
- constantly
- control
- degree
- dew
- difference
- dramatic
- drop
- extreme
- fever
- forehead
- forty
- freezer
- freezing
- fridge
- function
- garment
- gauge
- grill
- heat
- humidity
- ignition
- low
- lower
- measure
- melting
- minus
- normal
- notch
- nudge
- precise
- probe
- proper
- record
- recorded
- refrigerator
- regulation
- rise
- scale
- stale
- store
- stressed
- sudden
- thaw