heat

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈhiːt/ UK /hiːt/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like hit /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Sounds like heath /θ/ vs /t/

Freq #1621

Meanings

1

noun
The quality of being hot; high temperature.

Stay out of the heat of the midday sun!
2

verb
To make something hot or warm.

Heat the soup for two minutes in the microwave.
3

verb
To become hot or warm.

The room heated up quickly once the fire was lit.
4

noun
A time of strong emotion or excitement.

It's easy to say things you regret in the heat of the moment.
5

noun
The hot, burning taste of spicy food.

The chili sauce gave the dish a lot of heat.

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2 verb · to make something hot or warm. heat up

3 verb · to become hot or warm. heat uphot up

4 noun · a time of strong emotion or... passion vehemence

More hot stoke

Word family

Forms heatedheats

Derived forms afterheatbioheatbloodheatdeheatdesuperheatforeheatheat-and-eatheat-proofheat-rayheat-resistantheat-sealheat-seeking

From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”).

*keHy- Proto-Indo-European hete Old English hǣtu Old English *haitī Proto-West Germanic *haitį̄ Proto-Germanic

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# heat

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈhiːt/
**IPA (UK):** /hiːt/
**Frequency rank:** 1621

## Meanings
1. The quality of being hot; high temperature.
2. To make something hot or warm.
3. To become hot or warm.
4. A time of strong emotion or excitement.
5. The hot, burning taste of spicy food.

## Examples
- Stay out of the heat of the midday sun!
- Heat the soup for two minutes in the microwave.
- The room heated up quickly once the fire was lit.
- It's easy to say things you regret in the heat of the moment.
- The chili sauce gave the dish a lot of heat.

## Synonyms
- hot
- stoke

## Derived Forms
- afterheat
- bioheat
- bloodheat
- deheat
- desuperheat
- foreheat
- heat-and-eat
- heat-proof
- heat-ray
- heat-resistant
- heat-seal
- heat-seeking

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keHy-
- Root: hete
- Root: hǣtu
- Root: *haitī
- Root: *haitį̄

## Etymology
From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”).

## AI Etymology
Heat comes from Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”). In current use, the main senses are “The quality of being hot; high temperature” and “To make something hot or warm”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Weather & Climate

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