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“Weather” or “Wether” or “Whether”

weather / wether / whether are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

weather w·EH·dh·er

  • nounthe atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.
  • verbface and withstand with courage.
  • verbcause to slope.
  • verbsail to the windward of.
  • verbchange under the action or influence of the weather.

wether

  • nounmale sheep especially a castrated one.

whether w·EH·dh·er

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“weather”

  • …Tukon was a United States weather station on a hilltop.
  • Distance and bad weather work against its economic growth.
  • …carries business news; and The Weather Network, which offers national and…
  • …present, it houses the northernmost weather station in the Philippines, the…
  • …because it holds the northernmost weather station in the Philippines, thus,…
  • …an intense and/or prolonged cold weather wave of air
  • …and vehicle warm-up in cold weather.
  • …sister channel to ESPN); The Weather Channel (weather, although its status…
  • …traffic or entertainment), meteorologists or weather anchors (the latter term often…
  • The poor weather and light-pollution in Cambridge makes…

“wether”

  • Wether
  • Wether Holm (disambiguation)
  • Wether may refer to:
  • Wether Hill (Lake District), a hill…
  • Wether Down, a hill in Hampshire

“whether”

  • Whether cognitive dissonance or self-perception is…
  • …right to a referendum on whether they would remain under Prussian…
  • …is not clear as to whether it appears immediately before the…
  • …violence may remain regardless of whether children choose to imitate it.
  • …indigency was guaranteed to all, whether in the kingdom or the…
  • change depending on whether they appear before count or…
  • Debate ensued over whether dissonance or self-perception was the…
  • …as the gearbox doesn't know whether the driver wants to go…
  • …Division officials did not state whether the 179 acres of land…
  • Critcher and Gilovich looked at whether people also rely on the…

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