Usually means: Moderate climate, not extreme temperatures.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. temperate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. temperate: Merriam-Webster
  3. temperate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. temperate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. temperate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. temperate: Vocabulary.com
  7. Temperate, temperate: Wordnik
  8. temperate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. temperate: Wiktionary
  10. temperate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. temperate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. temperate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. temperate: Dictionary.com
  14. temperate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. temperate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Temperate (virology), Temperate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Temperate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. temperate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. temperate: Rhymezone
  20. temperate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. temperate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. temperate: FreeDictionary.org
  23. temperate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. temperate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. temperate: Legal dictionary

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  1. temperate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. temperate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. temperate: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  2. temperate: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. temperate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See temperately as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Moderate; not excessive.
adjective:  Specifically, moderate in temperature.
adjective:  Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
adjective:  Proceeding from temperance.
adjective:  Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
verb:  (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate

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