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Spell Bee Word: Precipitation

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What does precipitation mean?

Word: Precipitation

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Precipitation means water that falls from clouds to the ground, in liquid or frozen form.

Synonyms: rain, downpour

Antonyms: drought

How do you spell precipitation?

Syllables: pre - cip - i - ta - tion

Tricky part: After prec comes ipi, with an i on each side of the p. Precipatation is the usual slip.

Watch out for: precipatation, presipitation

Memory tip: Start the word exactly as you start precise: p-r-e-c-i.

Precipitation in a sentence

Example 1: Cherrapunji gets heavy precipitation during the monsoon.

Example 2: The weather report showed a 70 per cent chance of precipitation tomorrow.

Example 3: Snow is a form of precipitation that falls when the air is very cold.

Fun Fact

Mawsynram in Meghalaya is often listed as the wettest place on Earth, with well over 11,000 millimetres of precipitation in an average year.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) humidity
b) precipitasion
c) evaporation
d) condensation

Show answer

b) precipitasion. The ending is tion, as in evaporation and condensation.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

precipittation

a) p
b) t
c) i
d) c

Show answer

b) t. A single t follows cipi.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: precipitation

a) sunshine
b) frost
c) rainfall
d) dew

Show answer

c) rainfall. Rainfall is the most common kind of precipitation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a form of precipitation?

a) sleet
b) hail
c) fog
d) snow

Show answer

c) fog

2. Which instrument measures precipitation?

a) a rain gauge
b) a thermometer
c) a compass
d) a barometer

Show answer

a) a rain gauge

Associated Words

Words that end in -ation: agitation, irrigation, aggravation, invitation, accreditation, admiration

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: downpour, drought

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