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Meaning of "the Met Office" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE MET OFFICE

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WHAT DOES THE MET OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and is also a member of the Public Data Group. The current chief executive is John Hirst and the current chief scientist is Dame Julia Slingo. The Met Office makes meteorological predictions across all timescales from weather forecasts to climate change. The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research and the National Meteorological Library and Archive are also parts of the Met Office. Part of the Met Office headquarters at Exeter in Devon is the Met Office College, which handles the training for internal personnel and many forecasters from around the world.

Definition of the Met Office in the English dictionary

The definition of the Met Office in the dictionary is a national weather-forecasting service.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE THE MET OFFICE

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Synonyms and antonyms of the Met Office in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Met Office» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE MET OFFICE

Find out the translation of the Met Office to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Met Office from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Met Office» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气象局
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la Oficina Meteorológica
570 millions of speakers

English

the Met Office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौसम कार्यालय
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مكتب الأرصاد الجوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Метеобюро
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o Met Office
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবহাওয়া অফিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le Met Office
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pejabat Bertemu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Das Met Office
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メット事務所
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메트로 사무실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantor Pusat
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Văn phòng Met
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெட் அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवामान कार्यालय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ticaret Bürosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il Met Office
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Met Office
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Метеобюро
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Met Office
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

η Met Office
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Met Kantoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Met Office
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Met Office
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Met Office

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MET OFFICE»

The term «the Met Office» is regularly used and occupies the 87.990 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MET OFFICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Met Office» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Met Office» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Met Office

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE MET OFFICE»

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Science in the Met Office: thirteenth report of session ...
The Met Office should attempt to streamline the scrutiny of science under one committee and develop a strong customer relationship with key government departments.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee, 2012
2
The Engineering and Construction Contract: An NEC Document : ...
The provisions for weather in the ECC have been developed in consultation with the United Kingdom Meteorological Office (the Met Office) which can provide advice and information about the availability of recorded weather data.
‎1995
3
The Disclosure of Climate Data from the Climatic Research ...
I was thus greatly disappointed when the Met Office reversed its position later the same day. Correspondingly my interest in the proceedings of the Committee is the hope that the Committee, upon consideration of the evidence before it, will ...
Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, 2010
4
History of the Meteorological Office
Napier Shaw, who like other directors came straight from a university position, had a longer and happier time; he demonstrated how the Met Office should always make best use of science and technology and adapt its services to changes in ...
Malcolm Walker, 2011
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Investigating the oceans: tenth report of session 2006-07, ...
The Met Office develops ocean models as components within Earth System models and has a policy to encourage the N ERC community to contribute to the scientific content of these models and to use them for scientific experiments.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee, 2007
6
International policies and activities of the research ...
MEMORANDUM 20 Submission from the Met Office- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Research Councils, government departments and department agencies, including the Met Office, currently work together in a number of areas to coordinate UK ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee, 2007
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New Scientist
The Met Office concludes that no one is seriously to blame for the bad forecasting . The Ministry of Defence, which is responsible for the Met Office, commissioned a parallel investigation, by Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, the chairman of the ...
8
Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: third report ...
The Met Office contacted colleagues in academia and using both Met Office, NERC and academic instruments it was possible to obtain data for up to six fixed locations within the UK from 15 April 2010. These data were supplemented by ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee, 2011
9
Communicating Climate Science - HC 254
A number of trusted public research institutes, including the Met Office and NERC for example, invest time and effort into producing accessible, topic-based articles and resources for the public. As a world-leading science institute in the field ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee, 2014
10
Setting priorities for publicly funded research: 3rd report ...
Memorandum by the Met Office Current Research Funding Process 1 . The 2007 Comprehensive spending review allocated a Science Budget of just under £4 billion for the period 2008-09 to 2010-1 1 . The budget for scientific research is ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE MET OFFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Met Office is used in the context of the following news items.
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We may see record-breaking temperatures this week, according to …
By Thursday, the Met Office says there is a chance – albeit a small one – that we will see record-breaking July temperatures in London and the South-East. «Metro, Jun 15»
2
Met Office: Solar Storm Means Northern Lights Could Be Visible As …
The Met Office said that a stellar geomagnetic storm was raging across the northern hemisphere, and would cause a natural fireworks show across much of the ... «Huffington Post UK, Mar 15»
3
Watch out - Wales is getting snow after all! The Met Office upgrades …
The yellow warning covers Denbighshire, Flintshire, Powys, Wrexham, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff, ... «WalesOnline, Jan 15»
4
UK cyclone: stay off roads in the storm, drivers told
After a blast of wintry weather caused havoc on roads and rail in Scotland and the North West on Wednesday, the Met Office issued a severe weather warning ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Britain braced for storm chaos TOMORROW as Met Office issues …
The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for rain in the southwest where up to three inches of rain could fall in 24 hours. It has also put out alerts for ... «Express.co.uk, Nov 14»
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Met Office severe weather warning updated to include Bracknell …
The Met Office has updated its yellow severe weather warning to include Bracknell, Reading and Wokingham. The agency say gales, and more locally severe ... «Reading Post, Oct 14»
7
'Cauldrons' in Iceland glacier could point to volcano eruption: Met
The Met Office said on its website it had not observed an increase in the level of tremors in connection with the discovery of the 4 to 6-km long line of 10 to ... «Reuters, Aug 14»
8
Brace yourself for freezing temperatures and an early winter, Met
The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for much of northern England and Scotland with gusts of up to 50mph forecast. Coastal areas have been put ... «Scottish Daily Record, Aug 14»
9
WEATHER: Met Office warning of heavy rain for Lincolnshire today
The yellow warning issued by the Met Office for heavy periods of rain across Lincolnshire today is still in place. It is because the county, along with the rest of the ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Aug 14»
10
UK weather: More misery for flood-hit Britons as rivers hit record …
The Met Office has now upgraded its warning for rain to amber going into the weekend, alongside a yellow alert for strong winds, with the former bringing yet ... «The Independent, Feb 14»

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