verb🔗ShareTo make something happen suddenly and quickly."it precipitated their success"outcomeactioneventprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo throw an object or person from a great height."The desperate man, facing financial ruin, threatened to precipitate himself from the top of the building. "actioninhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo send violently into a certain state or condition."we were precipitated into a conflict"conditionactionoutcomeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo come out of a liquid solution into solid form."Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate."chemistryscienceprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form."When you add vinegar to milk, it precipitates the protein, forming small clumps. "chemistrysubstanceprocessscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.""If the temperature drops suddenly tonight, the moisture in the air precipitates as snow." "weathernatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground."Cool air precipitates the fog, making it thick and dense. "weatherenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fall headlong."The toddler, trying to climb the toy shelf, precipitates forward onto the soft rug. "actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo act too hastily; to be precipitous."Seeing the stock price drop slightly, John precipitates a panic by selling all his shares immediately. "actionattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA product resulting from a process, event, or course of action"The unexpected layoff was a difficult precipitate of the company's declining sales. "outcomeprocesseventactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution"The science experiment created colorful precipitates at the bottom of the test tubes. "chemistrysubstancematerialcompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading