precipitate
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precipitate¹
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ Canada, UK, US
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/ Canada, UK, US
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪtæɪt/ Australia
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪtæɪt/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Latin praecipitātus, perfect passive participle of praecipitō (“throw down, hurl down, throw headlong”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”) (praecipit- in its oblique stem), from prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).
verb precipitates · precipitating · precipitated · præcipitate
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To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
to precipitate a journey, or a conflict
Similar: advance, accelerate, hasten, speed up
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To throw an object or person from a great height.
In gallopping heedlessly along, with her eyes turned upwards, she had unwarily approached too near the bank; it had given way with her, and she and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled margin of the river.
Similar: throw, fling, cast, bung, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave
- To send violently into a certain state or condition. we were precipitated into a conflict
- (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.
- (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- 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.
- To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. The light vapour of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold.
- To fall headlong.
- To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
Similar: headlong
precipitate²
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪtət/ UK, US
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪtət/ UK, US
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ UK, US
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Latin praecipitātus (see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
adjective more precipitate · most precipitate · præcipitate
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headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
When the full stores their ancient bounds disdain, / Precipitate the furious torrent flows.
Similar: headlong, precipitant, precipitous
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Very steep; precipitous.
Similar: brant
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With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
Though thoughtful far beyond your years, you are very inexperienced; and I would not have a preference that may originate in your little knowledge of others, or a romantic exaggeration of slight kindnesses, lead you into a precipitate union with me, unless you most seriously examine your own heart,
Similar: hotheaded, impetuous, rash, daring, devil-may-care, headstrong, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous
- Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. The king was too precipitate in declaring war.
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Performed very rapidly or abruptly.
It had cost me a distinct psychological effort to do so, and now that I was shut inside I had a momentary longing for precipitate retreat.
Similar: abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous, precipitant, precipitate, spontaneous, sudden, suddent
precipitate³
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪtət/ UK, US
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪtət/ UK, US
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ UK, US
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From New Latin praecipitātum. Equivalent to Latin praecipitō + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
noun precipitates · præcipitate
- A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action. As for the musculature it is a precipitate of Spirit and the signature of the cosmos is in it.
- A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.
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verb
Similar: headlong
Translations
Every language
verb to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form
| 中文 | 沉澱 /沉淀 chéndiàn |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | ausfällen |
| Română | depune, precipita |
| Tiếng Việt | kết tủa |
| العربية | رَسَّبَ rassaba |
verb to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten
| 日本語 | 促進する saishin suru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 加速 jiāsù, 突然引發 /突然引发 tūrán yǐnfā |
| Deutsch | vorantreiben, beschleunigen, überstürzen |
| Ελληνικά | επιταχύνω epitachýno, επισπεύδω epispévdo |
| Română | accelera, precipita, grăbi |
| Русский | ускорять uskorjatʹ, ускорить uskoritʹ |
verb to throw an object or person from a great height
| Español | tirar abajo, arrojar, precipitar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | hinabwerfen, hinabstürzen, hinabschleudern, runterwerfen, runterschubsen |
| Ελληνικά | κατακρημνίζω katakrimnízo, γκρεμίζω gkremízo |
verb to send violently into a certain state or condition
| 中文 | 促使 cùshǐ, 突然陷入 tūrán |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | werfen, stürzen |
| Ελληνικά | κατακρημνίζω katakrimnízo |
| Русский | втянуть vtjanutʹ, ввергать vvergatʹ |
verb to come out of a liquid solution into solid form
| Español | condensar, precipitar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 沉澱 /沉淀 chéndiàn |
| Français | précipiter |
| Deutsch | sich niederschlagen, sich ausfällen |
| Ελληνικά | κατακαθίζω katakathízo |
| Română | precipita, condensa |
| Русский | выпадать в осадок vypadatʹ v osadok, осаждаться osaždatʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | kết tủa |
| العربية | تَرَسَّبَ tarassaba |
verb to have water in the air fall to the ground
| 中文 | 降雨 jiàngyǔ |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | niederschlagen |
adj Very steep; precipitous
| Ελληνικά | απόκρημνος apókrimnos |
|---|
adj Performed very rapidly or abruptly
| Ελληνικά | εσπευσμένος espefsménos |
|---|
noun product
| Ελληνικά | ίζημα ízima |
|---|
noun chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution
| 中文 | 沉澱物 /沉淀物 chéndiànwù |
|---|---|
| Français | précipité, précipitat |
| Deutsch | Niederschlag, Präzipitat |
| Italiano | precipitato |
| Ελληνικά | καθίζημα kathízima |
| Русский | оса́док osádok, преципита́т precipitát |
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