precipitate

/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt//pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/
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verb

1. To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

"it precipitated their success"

Synonyms: accelerate, advance, hasten, speed up

2. To throw an object or person from a great height.

Synonyms: cast, fling, throw

3. To send violently into a certain state or condition.

"we were precipitated into a conflict"

4. To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.

"Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate."

5. To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.

6. To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.

"It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow."

7. To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.

8. To fall headlong.

9. To act too hastily; to be precipitous.

Synonyms

adjective

1. Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

Synonyms: headlong, precipitant, precipitous

2. Very steep; precipitous.

Synonyms: brant

3. With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.

Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, rash

4. Moving with excessive speed or haste.

"The king was too precipitate in declaring war."

5. Performed very rapidly or abruptly.

Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous

Synonyms

precipitate

/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt//pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/
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Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelExpert

Sophisticated vocabulary

Word FrequencyModerate

Occasionally encountered

Syllables4

Complex pronunciation

Analysis:

  • Advanced vocabulary
  • Longer word (11 letters)
  • Multiple syllables (4)
noun

1. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action

2. A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution

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