precipice

Meanings

• noun

  A steep and often overhanging cliff or bank.

  - "The hikers reached the precipice and gazed out at the breathtaking view."
  - "The cliff was a precipice that dropped straight down into the ocean."

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Synonyms

cliff , cliffdrop

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with precipice
apice , perpetuity , reprise , supine , vice

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Variants

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precipice , precipices , on the edge of a precipice

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Etymology

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From Old French precipice, from pre- 'before' + capere 'take'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'precipice' is also used in meteorology to describe the point at which a cloud forms raindrops.

2. The highest precipice in the world is the Vertical World in Patagonia, Argentina, which drops over 3,000 feet (914 meters).

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Related Concepts

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1. cliff: A large natural elevation along the edge of a body of water or land, with steep sides.

2. ab precipice: From a great height or danger.

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Quotes

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1. These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep "precipice" without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.

   - Curry Kirkpatrick,{it}Newsweek{/it},21 Feb. 1994

2. Twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that black and white South Africans could avoid a cataclysmic struggle. How did we manage to turn back from the "precipice" and join one another in the long walk to a nonracial democracy?

   - F. W. De Klerk,{it}Time{/it},18 Apr. 2005

3. … the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the "precipice" into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.

   - Barbara Crossette,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},2 Aug. 1987

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Culture

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In literature, the precipice is often used as a metaphor for danger, uncertainty, or a turning point. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven,' the narrator stands on a precipice of madness.

How to Memorize "precipice"

1. visualize
   

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2. associate
   

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Precarious Position Creates Instant Crisis' to remember the definition.

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