As this is a cascade with multiple layers, it shouldn't be surprising that it's slow.
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Cascade
//kæsˈkeɪd//
Synonyms for "cascade" (142 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
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11 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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4 entriesis a
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2 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
66 translations across 29 languages.
Ainu
1 entries- ソ noun (waterfall)
Armenian
1 entries- կասկադ noun (waterfall)
Bulgarian
2 entries- водопа́д noun (waterfall)
- каскада noun (series of electric components)
Catalan
1 entries- cascadejar verb (to fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 瀑布 noun (waterfall)
Danish
2 entries- kaskade noun (sequence of events)
- vandfald noun (waterfall)
Dutch
1 entries- waterval noun (waterfall)
Faroese
1 entries- fossur noun (waterfall)
Finnish
4 entries- kaskadi noun (waterfall)
- köngäs noun (waterfall)
- sarja noun (series of electric components)
- tapahtumasarja noun (sequence of events)
French
2 entries- cascade noun (waterfall)
- chute d'eau noun (waterfall)
German
4 entries- Kaskade noun (waterfall)
- Kaskade noun (sequence of events)
- Wasserfall noun (waterfall)
- herabstürzen verb (to fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
Greek
1 entries- καταρράκτης noun (waterfall)
Hungarian
1 entries- vízesés noun (waterfall)
Italian
1 entries- cascata noun (waterfall)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅಬ್ಬಿ noun (waterfall)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្បាក់ទឹក noun (waterfall)
Latin
3 entries- aquae dēiectus noun (waterfall)
- aquae lāpsus noun (waterfall)
- cataracta noun (waterfall)
Malayalam
2 entries- വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം noun (waterfall)
- സംഭവപരമ്പര noun (sequence of events)
Māori
1 entries- hūkere noun (waterfall)
Polish
4 entries- kaskada noun (waterfall)
- kaskada noun (sequence of events)
- kaskada noun (series of electric components)
- kaskadować verb (to arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall)
Portuguese
4 entries- cachoeira noun (waterfall)
- cascata noun (waterfall)
- cascata noun (sequence of events)
- queda d'água noun (waterfall)
Romanian
3 entries- cascadă noun (waterfall)
- cascadă noun (series of electric components)
- circuit-cascadă noun (series of electric components)
Russian
2 entries- водопа́д noun (waterfall)
- каска́д noun (sequence of events)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eas noun (waterfall)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kaskada noun (waterfall)
- kaskada noun (sequence of events)
- slap noun (waterfall)
- vodopad noun (waterfall)
Spanish
4 entries- cascada noun (waterfall)
- caer en cascada verb (to fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
- cascadear verb (to fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
- cascadear verb (to arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall)
Swedish
1 entries- kaskad noun (sequence of events)
Tamil
1 entries- விழுதொடர் noun (waterfall)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thác nước noun (waterfall)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The Northwest’s economy, infrastructure, natural systems, public health, and agriculture sectors all face important climate change related risks. Impacts on infrastructure, natural systems, human health, and economic sectors, combined with issues of social and ecological vulnerability, will unfold quite differently in largely natural areas, like the Cascade Range, than in urban areas like Seattle and Portland or among the region’s many Native American Tribes.
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A trophic cascade led to an increase in livestock attacks as predators sought out alternative sources of food.
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Environmentalists say a flurry of construction during Trump’s final days in office created a cascade of environmental problems.
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