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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
precipitate
/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/
verb1 of 3
to cause to happen
- “A sudden decline in stock prices could precipitate a financial crisis.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 3
Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
noun3 of 3
A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)