noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌmiːtɪəˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
study of meteorology
department of meteorology
She’s studying meteorology at university.
Meteorology helps us understand weather patterns and climate change.
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
meteorology report
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: earth science
Narrower terms: aerology, climatology, nephology
4
noun
Meaning 4
predicting what the weather will be
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología), from μετέωρα (metéōra, “celestial phenomena”), nominalized from the neuter plural of μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”), + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) + -ology (“study of”). First attested in 1563.
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