| VERB | creation | precipitate | bring about abruptly |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | precipitate | separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | |
| weather | precipitate, come down, fall | fall from clouds | |
| motion | precipitate | fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | |
| contact | precipitate | hurl or throw violently | |
| NOUN | substance | precipitate | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
| ADJECTIVE | all | precipitate, hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous | done with very great haste and without due deliberation |
| Sounds | prihsih'pihtey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | done with very great haste and without due deliberation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" | |
| Synonyms | hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous | |
| Broader | hurried | Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste |
| Spanish | precipitado | |
| Nouns | precipitateness | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
| Adverbs | precipitately | at breakneck speed |
| Meaning | A precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | sludge | The precipitate produced by sewage treatment |
| Broader | solid | Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
| Spanish | precipitado | |
| Catalan | precipitat | |
| Verbs | precipitate | separate as a fine suspension of solid particles |
| Meaning | bring about abruptly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" | |
| Broader | effect, effectuate, set up | produce |
| Spanish | precipitar | |
| Catalan | precipitar | |
| Adjectives | precipitant | done with very great haste and without due deliberation |
| Nouns | precipitation | an unexpected acceleration or hastening |
| Meaning | separate as a fine suspension of solid particles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Spanish | precipitar | |
| Catalan | precipitar | |
| Nouns | precipitant | an agent that causes a precipitate to form |
| precipitate | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering | |
| precipitation | the process of forming a chemical precipitate | |
| precipitator | removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation | |
| Meaning | fall from clouds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" | |
| Synonyms | come down, fall | |
| Entails | condense, distill, distil | Undergo condensation |
| Narrower | hail | precipitate as small ice particles |
| rain, rain down | precipitate as rain | |
| sleet | precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow | |
| snow | fall as snow | |
| spat | come down like raindrops | |
| Similar to | fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity |
| Spanish | bajar, caer, precipitar | |
| Catalan | caure | |
| Nouns | precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
| precipitation | the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time | |
| Meaning | fall vertically, sharply, or headlong. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Spanish | precipitarse | |
| Nouns | precipitation | the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height |
| Meaning | hurl or throw violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below" | |
| Broader | hurl, hurtle, cast | Throw forcefully |
| Spanish | abalanzar | |
| Nouns | precipitation | an unexpected acceleration or hastening |
| precipitation | the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height | |
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