The clouds thickened and it started to precipitate.
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Precipitate
//pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt//
Synonyms for "precipitate" (443 found)
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Closest matches (89)
headlongoverhastyprecipitousa bit previousabruptaccelerateaccident proneaccident-pronead libad-libadvanceadvancedaftereffectaftermathagilealluvionalluviumarbitraryardentarduous
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ashblow downblow overbowl downbowl overbrashbreakneckbreathlessbring aboutbring downbring onbulldogbundlebustleby productby-productcarelesscascadecastcast downcataractcaught nappingcaught off balancecaught shortcausechop downcinderclinkercollapsecome downconsequenceconsequentcorollarycrashcrowdcut downdartdash downdashingdeckdepositdepositiondepositsderivationderivativedescenddesperatedevelopmentdevil-may-carediluviumdip downdispatch
Adjective(7 words)
Strong matches (133)
distillatedouble quickdouble-quickdowndraffdregsdrive ondrizzledropdrop downdrop offdrossdrumeagle-wingedeffectelectrifyingembereventeventualityeventuation
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expediteexpeditiousexpressextemporaneousextemporizedfacilitatefallfall downfall offfar aheadfastfecesfellfetch downfieryfleetflingfloorflyingfoolhardyforwardfrothfruitfuriousfurthergallopinggo downgo downhillgravitategroundgroundshair triggerhair-triggerhalf bakedhalf cockedhalf-bakedhalf-cockedhaphazardharum scarumharum-scarumharvesthastehastenhasten onhastyheadheadstronghewhew downhiehie onhotheadedhurlhurriedhurryhurry alonghurry onhurry uphustlehustle uphustlingill-advisedill-consideredimpatientimpetuousimpromptuimprovisedimpulsiveincautiousinciteinclineinjudiciousinstigateissueknock downlaunchlay levellay lowlay outleadleanleeslegacylevellight footedlight of heellight-footedlivelyloesslogical outcome
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (221)
lose altitudemadmadcapmakeshiftmercurialmeteoricmizzlemorainemow downnerve-shatteringnimblenimble footednimble-footednot firmoffscumoffshootoffspringoutcomeoutgrowthovereager
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overenthusiasticoversoonoverzealouspantingparachutepassionatepatterpell-mellpeltpitchpitter patterpitter-patterplummetplungepointpouncepourpour downpour with rainprecipitantprecipitationprecociousprematurepresspreviousproductprojectpromptprostrateprovokepull downpushpush forwardpush onpush throughquickquick as lightningquick as thoughtquickenrailroadrailroad throughrainrain tadpolesrapidraserashrazerecklessrefractoryresultresultantrough-and-readyrunningrushrush alongrushedrushingscoriascumsedimentsedimentatesedimentationsend headlongsequelsequelasequencesequentsettlesettlingssheershockingshowershower downsidelingsiltsinksinterslagslap-bangslapdashsludgesmutsnapsnappysootspankingsparkspatterspeedspeed alongspeed upspeedyspitspread eaglespread-eaglesprinklespurstampedestartlingsticklestoopstreamsublimatesubsidesuddensupinatesurprisedsurprisingswiftswooptake downtaken abacktaken by surprisetaken unawarestattootendtend to gothrowthrow downtoo earlytoo soontoppletrend downwardtriggertriptripped uptumbleunannouncedunanticipatedunarrangedunbegununconcocteduncontriveduncontrolleduncrystallizedundeliberatedundevisedunexpectedunforeseenunhatchedunjelledunlooked forunlooked-forunmadeunmanufacturedunmaturedunmeditatedunorganizedunplannedunpredictedunpremeditatedunpreparedunprimedunreadyunrestrainedunripeunstudieduntimelyupshoturgeviolentvolatilewantonweepwhack downwhipwhip alongwildwillfulwinged
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(20 words)
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2 entriestroponym
3 entriesTranslations
156 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَرَسَّبَ verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- رَسَّبَ verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бърз adj (Moving with excessive speed or haste)
- внезапен adj (Performed very rapidly or abruptly)
- прибързан adj (With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong)
- стремителен adj (Headlong; falling steeply or vertically)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 沉澱物 /沉淀物 noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- 促使 verb (to send violently into a certain state or condition)
- 加速 verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
- 沉澱 /沉淀 verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Czech
3 entries- sraženina noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- vysrážet verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- vysrážet se verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Danish
2 entries- overilet adj (With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong)
- bundfald noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
Dutch
3 entries- bezinken verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- neerslaan verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- precipiteren verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Finnish
4 entries- hätiköity adj (With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong)
- hätiköity adj (Performed very rapidly or abruptly)
- hätäinen adj (Moving with excessive speed or haste)
- kohtisuora adj (Headlong; falling steeply or vertically)
French
1 entries- précipiter verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Galician
1 entries- esbarrancar verb (to throw an object or person from a great height)
German
4 entries- Niederschlag noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- ausfällen verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- beschleunigen verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
- hinabschleudern verb (to throw an object or person from a great height)
Greek
4 entries- απόκρημνος adj (Very steep; precipitous)
- βιαστικός adj (Moving with excessive speed or haste)
- εσπευσμένος adj (Performed very rapidly or abruptly)
- ταχύς adj (Moving with excessive speed or haste)
Hungarian
4 entries- belesodor verb (to send violently into a certain state or condition)
- beletaszít verb (to send violently into a certain state or condition)
- elősegít verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
- felgyorsít verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
Indonesian
1 entries- presipitat noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
Irish
4 entries- mear adj (With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong)
- tobann adj (With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong)
- tobann adj (Moving with excessive speed or haste)
- comhdhlúthaigh verb (to have water in the air fall to the ground)
Japanese
1 entries- 促進する verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
Malay
1 entries- مندقن noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
Māori
4 entries- huatoka noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- tōtāwairehu verb (to have water in the air fall to the ground)
- whakahuatoka verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- whakahuatoka verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دلی adj (With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong)
Polish
4 entries- osad noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- strąt noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- osadzać verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- osadzać się verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Quechua
1 entries- chanqaykuy verb (to throw an object or person from a great height)
Romanian
4 entries- accelera verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
- condensa verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- depune verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- grăbi verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
Russian
4 entries- оса́док noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- ввергать verb (to send violently into a certain state or condition)
- втянуть verb (to send violently into a certain state or condition)
- выпадать в осадок verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Slovak
1 entries- vyzrážať verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Spanish
4 entries- arrojar verb (to throw an object or person from a great height)
- condensar verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- precipitar verb (to throw an object or person from a great height)
- precipitar verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Swedish
1 entries- påskynda verb (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)
Tagalog
1 entries- himuo noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
Turkish
3 entries- tortu noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- çökelek noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- çökelti noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kết tủa verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- kết tủa verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Welsh
4 entries- gwaddod noun (chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution)
- bwrw verb (to have water in the air fall to the ground)
- gwaddodi verb (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- gwaddodi verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
“She speaks truly,” said Lady Ashton, “it WAS I who, authorised alike by the laws of God and man, advised her, and concurred with her, to set aside an unhappy and precipitate engagement, and to annul it by the authority of Scripture itself.”
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While ingredients and conditions for storms forming over the Indian Ocean differ from the catalysts that can precipitate storms over the Atlantic, climate specialists are hoping to enhance the predictability and understanding of tropical storm formation in general.
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Silver nitrate solution added to an aqueous solution of salvarsan acidified with dilute nitric acid yields a dark-yellow precipitate which rapidly becomes black.
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