Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: precipitating
IPA transcription: [pɹɪs'ɪpət,eɪtɪŋ]
Pronunciations of precipitating
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: precipitating(a)
    Meaning: bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce"
Usage examples
  • This will have necessitated a previous drawing up of a chart, showing just what is to be planted and where. As this chart will be the cause of considerable hard feeling in the family circle, usually precipitating a fist-fight over the number of rows of onions to be set out, I will not touch on that in this article.
  • It is a small effect, but it is cumulative; and gradually, by much slower degrees than anything we have yet contemplated, we are presented with a picture of the month getting gradually shorter than the day, the moon gradually approaching instead of receding, and so, incalculable myriads of ages hence, precipitating itself upon the surface of the earth whence it arose.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosa Parks, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0