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The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster.
David Miliband

Meaning of "precipitate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRECIPITATE

From Latin praecipitāre to throw down headlong, from praeceps headlong, steep, from prae before, in front + caput head.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRECIPITATE

precipitate  [prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECIPITATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Precipitate is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb precipitate in English.

WHAT DOES PRECIPITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

precipitate

Precipitation (chemistry)

Precipitation is the creation of a solid in a solution or inside another solid during a chemical reaction or by diffusion in a solid. When the reaction occurs in a liquid solution, the solid formed is called the precipitate. The chemical that causes the solid to form is called the precipitant. Without sufficient force of gravity to bring the solid particles together, the precipitate remains in suspension. After sedimentation, especially when using a centrifuge to press it into a compact mass, the precipitate may be referred to as a pellet. The precipitate-free liquid remaining above the solid is called the supernate or supernatant. Powders derived from precipitation have also historically been known as flowers. Precipitation may occur if the concentration of a compound exceeds its solubility. Precipitation may occur rapidly from a supersaturated solution. In solids, precipitation occurs if the concentration of one solid is above the solubility limit in the host solid, due to e.g. rapid quenching or ion implantation, and the temperature is high enough that diffusion can lead to segregation into precipitates.

Definition of precipitate in the English dictionary

The first definition of precipitate in the dictionary is to cause to happen too soon or sooner than expected; bring on. Other definition of precipitate is to throw or fall from or as from a height. Precipitate is also to cause to condense and fall as snow, rain, etc, or to condense and fall thus.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRECIPITATE

PRESENT

Present
I precipitate
you precipitate
he/she/it precipitates
we precipitate
you precipitate
they precipitate
Present continuous
I am precipitating
you are precipitating
he/she/it is precipitating
we are precipitating
you are precipitating
they are precipitating
Present perfect
I have precipitated
you have precipitated
he/she/it has precipitated
we have precipitated
you have precipitated
they have precipitated
Present perfect continuous
I have been precipitating
you have been precipitating
he/she/it has been precipitating
we have been precipitating
you have been precipitating
they have been precipitating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I precipitated
you precipitated
he/she/it precipitated
we precipitated
you precipitated
they precipitated
Past continuous
I was precipitating
you were precipitating
he/she/it was precipitating
we were precipitating
you were precipitating
they were precipitating
Past perfect
I had precipitated
you had precipitated
he/she/it had precipitated
we had precipitated
you had precipitated
they had precipitated
Past perfect continuous
I had been precipitating
you had been precipitating
he/she/it had been precipitating
we had been precipitating
you had been precipitating
they had been precipitating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will precipitate
you will precipitate
he/she/it will precipitate
we will precipitate
you will precipitate
they will precipitate
Future continuous
I will be precipitating
you will be precipitating
he/she/it will be precipitating
we will be precipitating
you will be precipitating
they will be precipitating
Future perfect
I will have precipitated
you will have precipitated
he/she/it will have precipitated
we will have precipitated
you will have precipitated
they will have precipitated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been precipitating
you will have been precipitating
he/she/it will have been precipitating
we will have been precipitating
you will have been precipitating
they will have been precipitating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would precipitate
you would precipitate
he/she/it would precipitate
we would precipitate
you would precipitate
they would precipitate
Conditional continuous
I would be precipitating
you would be precipitating
he/she/it would be precipitating
we would be precipitating
you would be precipitating
they would be precipitating
Conditional perfect
I would have precipitate
you would have precipitate
he/she/it would have precipitate
we would have precipitate
you would have precipitate
they would have precipitate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been precipitating
you would have been precipitating
he/she/it would have been precipitating
we would have been precipitating
you would have been precipitating
they would have been precipitating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you precipitate
we let´s precipitate
you precipitate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to precipitate
Past participle
precipitated
Present Participle
precipitating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRECIPITATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
agitate
ˈædʒɪˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
capitate
ˈkæpɪˌteɪt
crepitate
ˈkrɛpɪˌteɪt
decapitate
dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
decrepitate
dɪˈkrɛpɪˌteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
gravitate
ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
multicapitate
ˌmʌltɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
necessitate
nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt
palmitate
ˈpælmɪˌteɪt
palpitate
ˈpælpɪˌteɪt
rehabilitate
ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
stipitate
ˈstɪpɪˌteɪt
triacetate
traɪˈæsɪˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRECIPITATE

precipice
precipiced
precipitability
precipitable
precipitance
precipitancy
precipitant
precipitantly
precipitantness
precipitately
precipitateness
precipitation
precipitation hardening
precipitative
precipitator
precipitin
precipitinogen
precipitous
precipitously
precipitousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRECIPITATE

cavitate
cogitate
cryoprecipitate
debilitate
delimitate
digitate
estate
excogitate
expeditate
felicitate
habilitate
incapacitate
interdigitate
militate
nobilitate
premeditate
quantitate
regurgitate
resuscitate
sanitate
suscitate

Synonyms and antonyms of precipitate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRECIPITATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «precipitate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of precipitate

Translation of «precipitate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRECIPITATE

Find out the translation of precipitate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of precipitate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «precipitate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

造成…仓促发生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

precipitar
570 millions of speakers

English

precipitate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يعجل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

осадить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

precipitar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

থিতান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

précipiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auslösen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

招く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

촉발시키다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Precipitate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீழ்படிவுறுகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çökelti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accelerare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wytrącać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

осадити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

precipita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθιζάνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neerslag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utfällning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fremskynde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of precipitate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECIPITATE»

The term «precipitate» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECIPITATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «precipitate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «precipitate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about precipitate

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2 QUOTES WITH «PRECIPITATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word precipitate.
1
David Miliband
The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster.
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Rebecca West
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECIPITATE»

Discover the use of precipitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to precipitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Analytical Chemistry for Technicians, Third Edition
In a gravimetric analysis experiment in which a chemical reaction is used to obtain a precipitate, the manner in which the precipitate is isolated and weighed involves a filtration step, including a full rinse with distilled water and two weight ...
John Kenkel, 2002
2
Precipitate Shape and Coherency Loss Mechanisms in ...
6 CHAPTER SIX: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION The introduction of this dissertation raised several questions related to the structure of non-coherent precipitates, namely, what is the three dimensional structure of a semi-coherent precipitate; ...
Peihua Jing, 2008
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CRC Handbook of Basic Tables for Chemical Analysis, Second ...
Tests for Anions (continued) Magnesia mixture or magnesium reagent Cadmium acetate and dilute acetic acid Zinc sulfate White precipitate; soluble in excess reagent but reprecipitated on boiling White precipitate White precipitate; insoluble ...
Thomas J. Bruno, Paris D.N. Svoronos, 2003
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American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record
Adding hydrochloric acid to an aqueous solution of agurin does not give a precipitate at once. A dilute aqueous solution gives a bluish white, gelatinous precipitate with silver nitrate which is soluble in ammonia water, but not in alcohol : the ...
‎1903
5
Baby Boom Generation: Retirement of Baby Boomers is Unlikely ...
In view of such concerns, we have examined (1) whether the retirement of the baby boom generation is likely to precipitate a dramatic drop in financial asset prices; (2) what researchers and financial industry experts expect the effect of the  ...
6
College Practical Chemistry
Soluble compounds or ions present in the solution, other than the desired ions, may get precipitated along with the desired precipitate. This is called co- precipitation. Co-precipitation may occur at the surface or throughout the body of the ...
V K Ahluwalia, Sunita Dhingra, Sunita Dhingra, 2005
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Chemical Principles in the Laboratory
The procedures in qualitative analyses of this sort involve using precipitation reactions to remove the cations sequentially from a mixture. If the precipitate can contain only one cation under the conditions that prevail, that precipitate serves to ...
Emil Slowinski, Wayne Wolsey, Robert Rossi, 2011
8
Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
Yellow precipitate, CdS. Table VI.— Analysis of the Tin Group. Precipitate from Ammonium Sulphide Solution.— As2S3, Sb2S5, SnS2, *PtS2, •AujS^, *SeS2 (?), *TeS2 (?), *MoS3. Heat with 10 cc. HC1, 120 (P. 42). White precipitate, Hg2Cl2.
‎1907
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Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts
Polarization Polarization Add (Per Cent.) Solids (Per Cent.). In 200 Millimeter Lead Acetate. Acid (Per Cent.). Solids (Per Cent.). In 200 Millimeter Load Acetate. Tube. Tube. 6.80 1.95 —1.4 Precipitate. 4.40 1.94 —0.3 Precipitate. 6.06 1.85 - 0.2 ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Health, 1903
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Commercial organic analysis: a treatise on the properties, ...
No change. Precipitate. Precipitato. No change. Precipitate. No change. Precipitate. Precipitate. Precipitate. Brown -red or violet. Precipitate. Peptone. No change. No change. No change. No change. No change. Precipitate, soluble on heating.
Alfred Henry Allen, 1898

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECIPITATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term precipitate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Judge says she did not involuntarily commit theater gunman
... a rampage," Fox said, "we might even increase their sense of persecution, and precipitate the very violent bloodbath we're trying to prevent.". «News 10NBC, Jul 15»
2
Overwhelming Israeli Opposition Strongest Sign Iran Deal Is A Bad …
At the same time, a good deal would remove the need for a possible military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities that could precipitate a bloody ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
3
GT Advanced Secures Loan Approval
... an incredibly negative signal to GTAT's suppliers, customers, and employees and could precipitate a very negative turn of events for GTAT.". «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
4
UPDATE 1-Brazil's biggest party sticks with unpopular Rousseff - for …
... Unger said in an interview, adding that impeachment would precipitate a crisis that is not in the interest of any of Brazil's main political parties. «Reuters, Jul 15»
5
Will the UK Be Hiking Rates at the Same Time as Federal Reserve?
Our analysis suggests that neither rising rates nor a stronger pound could precipitate a UK slowdown in 2016. So, in the absence of an external ... «24/7 Wall St., Jul 15»
6
Brent Oil Returns to Bear Market as Global Glut Seen Expanding
“A drop like we've seen should precipitate a fall in production, but it hasn't happened. Someone has to blink on the production for this to end, ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
7
Research suggests western US deserts were relatively wet up until …
Water in soil tends to precipitate calcium, leaving more magnesium in the water that reaches the cave. The group analyzed each stalagmite for ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
8
The Oldest Restored Civilian Jeep
It's a symbolic moment that feels like a skin change, and can precipitate an identity crisis. Mostly, it's a good feeling … like a weight has been ... «Four Wheeler Network, Jul 15»
9
Was Donald Trump Right About John McCain?
The battle between North Vietnam and South Vietnam was always just a civil war, one that U.S. officials helped to precipitate by their refusal to ... «MWC News, Jul 15»
10
Italys economy on track, politics perhaps less so
Risks are broadly balanced, we think, but should the situation in Greece precipitate, private sector confidence may retrench from current levels. «EconoTimes, Jul 15»

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