Definition of "acclimatizing" []

• Present participle of acclimatize. (verb)

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• "That move wasn't easy, and settling in and acclimatizing took a while."
• "All climbers attached themselves to a fixed rope to prevent sliding down the face to certain death in event of a fall. camp 3 is positioned about 2/3rds of the way up the face and serves as the last camp for acclimatizing to the altitude before going for the summit."
• "The common wisdom regarding the acclimatizing of Oriental Jewish youth to their new country was that they should discard the Oriental culture, which the establishment considered backward, and ascend to a higher cultural level by adopting the characteristics of the Sabra and the more advanced Western culture."