The clouds thickened and it started to precipitate.
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Precipitate
/pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
Synonyms for "precipitate" (444 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (89)
a bit previousabruptaccelerateaccident proneaccident-pronead libad-libadvanceadvancedaftereffectaftermathagilealluvionalluviumarbitraryardentarduousashblow downblow over
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bowl downbowl overbrashbreakneckbreathlessbring aboutbring downbring onbulldogbundlebustleby productby-productcarelesscascadecastcast downcataractcaught nappingcaught off balancecaught shortcausechop downcinderclinkercollapsecome downconsequenceconsequentcorollarycrashcrowdcut downdartdash downdashingdeckdepositdepositiondepositsderivationderivativedescenddesperatedevelopmentdevil-may-carediluviumdip down
Noun(11 words)
abruptbeadsbring out of solutioncatacalacause flocculationcause to fall outcause to settlecoagulumcrystalizingcrystallizingdeposit
Adjective(2 words)
acceleratedaccelerated ecological decline
Verb(8 words)
Strong matches (133)
dispatchdistillatedouble quickdouble-quickdowndraffdregsdrive ondrizzledropdrop downdrop offdrossdrumeagle-wingedeffectelectrifyingembereventeventuality
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eventuationexpediteexpeditiousexpressextemporaneousextemporizedfacilitatefallfall downfall offfar aheadfastfecesfellfetch downfieryfleetflingfloorflyingfoolhardyforwardfrothfruitfuriousfurthergallopinggo downgo downhillgravitategroundgroundshair triggerhair-triggerhalf bakedhalf cockedhalf-bakedhalf-cockedhaphazardharum scarumharum-scarumharvesthastehastenhasten onhastyheadheadlongheadstronghewhew downhiehie onhotheadedhurlhurriedhurryhurry alonghurry onhurry uphustlehustle uphustlingill-advisedill-consideredimpatientimpetuousimpromptuimprovisedimpulsiveincautiousinciteinclineinjudiciousinstigateissueknock downlaunchlay levellay lowlay outleadleanleeslegacylevellight footedlight of heellight-footedlivelyloesslogical outcomelose altitudemadmadcapmakeshiftmercurialmeteoricmizzlemorainemow down
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (222)
nerve-shatteringnimblenimble footednimble-footednot firmoffscumoffshootoffspringoutcomeoutgrowthovereageroverenthusiasticoverhastyoversoonoverzealouspantingparachutepassionatepatterpell-mell
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peltpitchpitter patterpitter-patterplummetplungepointpouncepourpour downpour with rainprecipitantprecipitationprecipitousprecociousprematurepresspreviousproductprojectpromptprostrateprovokepull 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
Noun(29 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
31 entriescastchange descriptorchange solubilitychange statechemical changechemical descriptorchemical processchemical productcome downdescendeffecteffectuateexperimental techniquefallfiltered solidgo down
Showing 16 of 31 words.
More specific
17 entriesamorphous precipitatebarium sulfate precipitatecarbonate precipitationcolloidal precipitatecooling precipitationcopper hydroxide precipitatecrystalline precipitatedried precipitatefilter cakeinstantaneous changemetal hydroxide precipitationpH induced precipitationrapid onsetsalt crashsalt precipitationsilver chloride precipitate
Showing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
14 entriesadd reagentfilter the precipitateform a precipitatemeasure precipitate massmix solutionsobserve precipitateprecipitate formationprecipitate layerprecipitate outprecipitate reactionprecipitate separationprecipitate yieldslowly precipitatewhite precipitate
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رَسَّبَ verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Bulgarian
1 entries- утаявам verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 沉澱 /沉淀 verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Czech
1 entries- vysrážet verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Dutch
2 entries- bezinken verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- precipiteren verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Finnish
1 entries- saostaa verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
German
1 entries- ausfällen verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Hungarian
3 entries- kicsap verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- lecsap verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- leülepít verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Māori
1 entries- whakahuatoka verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Polish
4 entries- osadzać verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- osadzić verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- strącać verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- strącić verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Romanian
2 entries- depune verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
- precipita verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Slovak
1 entries- vyzrážať verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kết tủa verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Welsh
1 entries- gwaddodi verb (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form)
Sample sentences
22 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.
Source: tatoeba (11564193)
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