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precipitous decline

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  • precipitous — UK US /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/ adjective ► if a reduction is precipitous, it happens very suddenly and is very big: a precipitous decline/drop/fall »The company has seen a precipitous decline in advertising revenue. ► done too quickly without thinking… …   Financial and business terms

  • precipitous — precipitate, precipitous 1. The two words overlap in meaning and were used interchangeably from the 17c to the 19c. Precipitous has a physical meaning ‘sheer like a precipice’: • There was a precipitous wooden stair to the ground floor A. Craig,… …   Modern English usage

  • precipitous — [[t]prɪsɪ̱pɪtəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A precipitous slope or drop is very steep and often dangerous. The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff. Derived words: precipitously ADV GRADED usu ADV after v, also ADV adj The… …   English dictionary

  • Decline of library usage — As technology becomes increasingly available and digital information expands on a daily basis, academic library use is on the decline. Research libraries on college and university campuses are finding that “gate counts and circulation of… …   Wikipedia

  • precipitous — adjective a) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today. b) Headlong; as, precipitous fall …   Wiktionary

  • precipitous — pre|cip|i|tous [prıˈsıpıtəs] adj 1.) very sudden ▪ a precipitous decline in stock prices 2.) dangerously high or steep ▪ a precipitous path 3.) formal happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully ▪ a precipitous marriage… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • precipitous — pre|cip|i|tous [ prı sıpıtəs ] adjective 1. ) very high and steep: the precipitous hillside 2. ) happening more quickly than expected: a precipitous decline in population a ) done too quickly and without enough thought ╾ pre|cip|i|tous|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • precipitous — UK [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] / US adjective 1) very high and steep the precipitous staircase 2) a) happening more quickly than expected a precipitous decline in population b) done too quickly and without enough thought Derived word: precipitously adverb …   English dictionary

  • decline — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ catastrophic, considerable, dramatic, drastic, large, major, marked, massive, serious, severe …   Collocations dictionary

  • precipitous — adj. Precipitous is used with these nouns: ↑cliff, ↑decline, ↑drop, ↑slide, ↑slope, ↑withdrawal …   Collocations dictionary

  • precipitously — precipitous UK US /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/ adjective ► if a reduction is precipitous, it happens very suddenly and is very big: a precipitous decline/drop/fall »The company has seen a precipitous decline in advertising revenue. ► done too quickly without… …   Financial and business terms

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