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cool
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Meanings
adjective
  • of or at a fairly low temperature.
    E.g. it'll be a cool afternoon
  • showing no friendliness towards a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project.
    E.g. he gave a cool reception to the suggestion for a research centre
  • fashionably attractive or impressive.
    E.g. youngsters are turning to smoking because they think it makes them appear cool
  • used to emphasize the size of an amount of money.
    E.g. research for a new drug can cost a cool £50 million
noun
  • a fairly low temperature.
    E.g. the cool of the night air
  • calmness; composure.
    E.g. he recovered his cool and then started laughing at us
  • the quality of being fashionably attractive or impressive.
    E.g. all the cool of high fashion
verb
  • become or make less hot.
    E.g. we dived into the river to cool off

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