precipitate, headlong, abrupt, impetuous, sudden mean showing undue haste or unexpectedness. precipitate stresses lack of due deliberation and implies prematureness of action.

PRECIPITATE meaning: 1. to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected: 2. to throw someone or something…. Learn more.

In chemistry, a solid material that is formed in a solution by chemical reactions and settles to the bottom of the container in which the reaction takes place. A precipitate may also be a …

A precipitate action or decision happens or is made more quickly or suddenly than most people think is sensible.

Precipitate usually means "bringing something on" or "making it happen" — and not always in a good way. An unpopular verdict might "precipitate violence" or one false step at the Grand …

1. to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely or suddenly: to precipitate a crisis. 2. to fling or hurl down. 3. to cast violently or abruptly: to precipitate oneself into a struggle. 4. to …

bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis. fling or hurl down. to cast, plunge, or send, esp. violently or abruptly: He precipitated himself into the …

precipitate somebody/something into something to suddenly force somebody/something into a particular state or condition. The assassination of the president precipitated the country into …

1 day ago · It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow. (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. quotations

Thus, fog and mist are not precipitation; their water vapor does not condense sufficiently to precipitate, so fog and mist do not fall. (Such a non-precipitating combination is a colloid.) Two …