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precipitate

The correct spelling is precipitate.

How to pronounce precipitate

/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/
verb

IPA: /pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/

Say it like: Pre-sip-ita-te

The correct spelling is precipitate. To make something happen suddenly and quickly. For example: "it precipitated their success"

Usage Examples

it precipitated their success

we were precipitated into a conflict

Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
  2. 2.To throw an object or person from a great height.
  3. 3.To send violently into a certain state or condition.
  4. 4.To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
  5. 5.To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.

adjective

  1. 1.Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
  2. 2.Very steep; precipitous.
  3. 3.With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
  4. 4.Moving with excessive speed or haste.
  5. 5.Performed very rapidly or abruptly.

noun

  1. 1.A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action
  2. 2.A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution

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