cascade

  • 31cascade — I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicare, from Latin casus fall Date: 1641 1. a steep usually small fall of water; especially one of a series 2. a. something arranged or occurring in a… …

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  • 32cascade — I UK [kæˈskeɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms cascade : singular cascade plural cascades 1) mainly literary a small waterfall 2) a series of things that come quickly one after the other The bank s collapse led to a cascade of business failures …

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  • 33cascade — {{11}}cascade (n.) 1640s, from Fr. cascade (17c.), from It. cascata waterfall, from cascare to fall, from V.L. *casicare, frequentative of L. casum, casus, pp. of cadere to fall (see CASE (Cf. case) (n.1)). {{12}} …

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  • 34cascade — 1. noun /kæsˈkeɪd/ a) A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Now murmring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper b) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. The rise in serotonin levels sets off a… …

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  • 35Cascade — 1 Original name in latin Cascade Name in other language State code JM Continent/City America/Jamaica longitude 18.39747 latitude 78.10338 altitude 329 Population 1232 Date 2011 04 18 2 Original name in latin Cascade Name in other language State… …

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  • 36cascade — [[t]kæske͟ɪd[/t]] cascades, cascading, cascaded 1) N COUNT: usu N of n If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. [LITERARY] The women have lustrous cascades of black hair... A cascade of mail arrived… …

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  • 37CASCADE — n. f. Chute d’eau; eau qui tombe de rocher en rocher. Il y a des cascades naturelles et des cascades artificielles. La rivière fait une cascade en cet endroit. Une belle cascade. La cascade de Saint Cloud. Il désigne familièrement des écarts de… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 38cascade — cas|cade1 [kæˈskeıd] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Italian cascata, from cascare to fall ] 1.) a small steep ↑waterfall that is one of several together 2.) something that hangs down in large quantities cascade of ▪ Her hair fell over her… …

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  • 39cascade — cas|cade1 [ kæ skeıd ] noun count 1. ) MAINLY LITERARY a small WATERFALL 2. ) a series of things that come quickly one after the other: The bank s collapse led to a cascade of business failures. 3. ) MAINLY LITERARY something that hangs down in… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 40cascade — 1. A series of sequential interactions, as of a physiological process, which once initiated continues to the final one; each interaction is activated by the preceding one, sometimes with cumulative effect. 2. To spill over, especially rapidly.… …

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