HyperDic: precipitating

English > 1 sense of the word precipitating:
ADJECTIVEallprecipitatingbringing on suddenly or abruptly
precipitating > pronunciation
Soundsprihsih'pahtey.tihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > precipitating: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningbringing on suddenly or abruptly.
Example"the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce"
Broadercausativeproducing an effect
Spanishprecipitante
Catalanprecipitant

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