Usually means: Adjusting to new conditions gradually.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. acclimate: Merriam-Webster
  2. acclimate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acclimate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acclimate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acclimate: Vocabulary.com
  6. acclimate: Wordnik
  7. acclimate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acclimate: Wiktionary
  9. acclimate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acclimate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acclimate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. acclimate: Dictionary.com
  13. acclimate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. acclimate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Acclimate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Acclimate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. acclimate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. acclimate: Rhymezone
  19. Acclimate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. acclimate: FreeDictionary.org
  21. acclimate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. acclimate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. acclimate: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. acclimate: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acclimate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acclimate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. acclimate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. acclimate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acclimate: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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

(Note: See acclimated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
verb:  (transitive, chiefly US) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
verb:  (intransitive, chiefly US) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.

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