temperature
How hot or cold something is, shown in numbers called degrees.
The measure of how hot or cold something is, typically expressed in degrees on a standard scale such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
How hot your body is, which shows if you are sick or well.
A measure of a person's body heat, used to assess health, usually taken with a thermometer.
The feeling or mood in a place or group of people.
The general level of emotion, tension, or activity in a situation or group, often used figuratively.
- Base: temperature
- Plural: temperature, temperatures
lower the temperature
1Reduce emotional tension in situation
To make people less angry or upset in a situation.
- The manager tried to lower the temperature during the heated discussion.
- We need to lower the temperature before negotiations continue.
room temperature
1Normal indoor heat level
The normal warmth inside a building where people feel comfortable.
- Store the medicine at room temperature.
- The butter should be at room temperature before mixing.
take someone's temperature
1Measure body heat with thermometer
To use a tool to find out how hot someone's body is.
- The nurse took my temperature before giving me medicine.
- Parents often take their child's temperature when they seem sick.
run a fever
1Have a high body temperature from illness
To be sick and have a higher than normal body heat.
- She’s been running a fever for two days now.
- If you run a fever, see a doctor immediately.
run a fever
2to have a high temperature
To have a higher body temperature than normal, usually because you are sick.
- The child is running a fever and should see a doctor.
- If you start to run a fever, call me right away.
- He ran a fever all night but felt better in the morning.