Betekenis van precipitous In het Nederlands

• 0 If a slope is precipitous, it is very steep:

  • a precipitous mountain path

  • Over the past 18 months, there has been a precipitous fall in car sales.

• 1 very steep, or falling a long way very fast:

  • precipitous cliffs

  • New fads could result in a precipitous drop in sales.

• 2 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.

• 3 done too quickly without thinking enough about any possible problems:

  • a precipitous decision