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English adjective: precipitate | |||
| 1. | precipitate done with very great haste and without due deliberation | ||
| Samples | Hasty marriage seldom proveth well. Hasty makeshifts take the place of planning. Rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion. Wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king. | ||
| Synonyms | hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous | ||
| Similar | hurried | ||
| Antonyms | unhurried | ||
English noun: precipitate | |||
| 1. | precipitate (substance) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | solid | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sludge | ||
English verb: precipitate | |||
| 1. | precipitate (creation) bring about abruptly | ||
| Samples | The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | effect, effectuate, set up | ||
| 2. | precipitate (change) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| 3. | precipitate (weather) fall from clouds | ||
| Samples | Rain, snow and sleet were falling. Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum. | ||
| Synonyms | come down, fall | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hail, rain, rain down, sleet, snow, spat | ||
| Entail | condense, distil, distill | ||
| Verb group | fall | ||
| 4. | precipitate (motion) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | ||
| Samples | Our economy precipitated into complete ruin. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
| 5. | precipitate (contact) hurl or throw violently | ||
| Samples | The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cast, hurl, hurtle | ||
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