🌧️precipitation

Meaning

Moisture that falls from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; or the process of being precipitated.

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to or condenses on the ground.

Water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Example Sentences

Heavy precipitation is expected in the northern region tomorrow.

Annual precipitation levels are decreasing.

Heavy precipitation can cause flooding in low-lying areas.

Synonyms

rainfall, snow, drizzle, downpour, moisture, snowfall, condensation

Entry 1

rainfall, snow, drizzle, downpour, moisture

Entry 2

rainfall, snowfall, condensation

Entry 3

rainfall, snowfall, moisture

Antonyms

dryness, drought, aridity

Entry 1

dryness, drought, aridity

Entry 2

dryness, aridity, drought

Entry 3

aridity, dryness, drought

Collocations

heavy precipitation, annual precipitation, precipitation levels