temper

Phonetic

US /ˈtempər/UK /ˈtempə(r)/

Translations

NOUNA general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting., State of mind; mood., A tendency to become angry., Anger; a fit of anger., Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure., Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy., Middle state or course; mean; medium., The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities., The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment., The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling., Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

VERBTo moderate or control., To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal., To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing., To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine., To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency., To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use., To govern; to manage., To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage., To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose., To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

Variants

tempers: Third Person Singular, Plural
tempering: Present Participle
tempered: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

Despite their public calls for regulation, major AI players are pushing back on the first real effort to do so, working to temper the European Union’s draft Artificial Intelligence Act
Source:www.forbes.com
But, she added, fear of a creating a glut/ɡlʌt/ might temper their plans.
Source:www.nytimes.com
Trying to head off a Middle East war, several countries are pressing Iran to temper its retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran.
Source:www.nytimes.com
“She has a cute face, a savage/ˈsævɪdʒ/ temper and a kind heart,” he said.
Source:www.nytimes.com
Trying to head off a Middle East war, several countries are pressing Iran to temper its retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran.
Source:www.nytimes.com

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