🇬🇧🇪🇸 precipitation - precipitación : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "precipitation" ("precipitación"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Precipitation is any form of water that falls from clouds to the ground. This includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail. It happens when clouds get too full of water droplets or ice crystals, and gravity pulls them down to Earth.
I tried to catch precipitation on my tongue, but that hailstone was huge.
I used my sandwich as an umbrella. Precipitation won.
I brought sunscreen, but surprise! Precipitation had other ideas.
Precipitation is just clouds crying because they watched a sad movie.
My cat saw precipitation and refused to go outside. Forever.
On the porch, a small girl pressed her palm to the glass as precipitation began: first soft precipitation of rain, then sharp precipitation of hail, then gentle precipitation of snow. She giggled, tasting one cold drop of precipitation on her tongue. When the storm eased, she ran inside, shaking her hair and smiling at the quiet, grateful for warm tea.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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