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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Precipitate

Does precipitate mean 'speed up'?
  

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Hi, I'd prefer to say 'cause to happen quickly'. Clive

  • Hi, I'd prefer to say 'cause to happen quickly'.
  • Clive
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Hi,



I'd prefer to say 'cause to happen quickly'.



Clive
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AH020387Does precipitate mean 'speed up'?
I agree with Clive.

Before an action is precipitated, there is no action at all.

Well, I guess it's possible to say that something precipitates an increase in a particular activity.

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