cascade
verb/kæˈskeɪd/
/kæˈskeɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cascade | /kæˈskeɪd/ /kæˈskeɪd/ |
| he / she / it cascades | /kæˈskeɪdz/ /kæˈskeɪdz/ |
| past simple cascaded | /kæˈskeɪdɪd/ /kæˈskeɪdɪd/ |
| past participle cascaded | /kæˈskeɪdɪd/ /kæˈskeɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form cascading | /kæˈskeɪdɪŋ/ /kæˈskeɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to flow downwards in large amounts
- Water cascaded down the mountainside.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (formal) to fall or hang in large amounts
- Blonde hair cascaded over her shoulders.
- [transitive, intransitive] to pass information, knowledge, etc. to a person or group so that they can pass it on to others; to be passed on in this way
- cascade something (to somebody) Managers cascade training to the health workers on how to enrol women into the study.
- cascade to somebody It is vital to ensure these values cascade to all employees.
- [transitive] cascade something to arrange a number of devices or objects in a series
- Up to four units can be cascaded.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian cascata, from cascare ‘to fall’, based on Latin casus ‘fall’, related to cadere ‘to fall’.
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