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precipitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
  • plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
  • precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
  • rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.

Senses

precipitar is used for these senses in English:

  • hasten (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
  • plunge (figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
  • precipitate (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
  • precipitate (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
  • rush (transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

plunge — full definition

  1. verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
  2. verb To fall or drop suddenly and steeply.
  3. verb To suddenly enter into a difficult or extreme situation.
  4. noun A sudden dive, jump, or drop.

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