how to pronounce precipitate

/pɹɪˈsɪpɪˌtɛɪt/

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precipitate is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of precipitate in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… this will precipitate an even greater …”

meanings of precipitate

verb:

To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
To send violently into a certain state or condition.
To throw an object or person from a great height.
To fall headlong.
To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.

adjective:

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

noun:

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

precipitate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word precipitate occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics precipitate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that precipitate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;