weatherman

weath·er·man

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [weth -er-man]
- /ˈwɛð ərˌmæn/
- /ˈweð.ə.mæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [weth -er-man]
- /ˈwɛð ərˌmæn/

Definitions of weatherman word

noun plural weatherman a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist. 1
noun plural weatherman a weathercaster. 1
noun weatherman A man who broadcasts a description and forecast of weather conditions. 1
noun weatherman man who presents TV weather forecast 1
countable noun weatherman A weatherman is a man who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio. 0
noun weatherman a person who forecasts the weather, esp one who works in a meteorological office 0

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Origin of weatherman

First appearance:

before 1535

One of the 29% oldest English words

First recorded in 1535-45; weather + man1

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Parts of speech for Weatherman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Weatherman

weatherman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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