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snowing

v.
A1 Beginner US //ˈsnoʊɪŋ// UK //snˈəʊɪŋ// snow·ing

v. when soft, white pieces of frozen water fall from the sky.

v. the precipitation of frozen water in the form of hexagonal crystals. Used almost exclusively with the dummy subject 'it'.


SIMPLE

It is snowing outside right now.

CONTEXTUAL

We stayed inside all morning because it was snowing too hard to see the road.

COMPLEX

The weather forecast predicted a light dusting, but by midnight it was snowing heavily enough to bury the garden fence entirely.

Synonyms
Usage

Typically used with the impersonal 'it' as the subject ('It is snowing').

Pitfall

The sky is snowingIt is snowingEnglish uses the dummy subject 'it' for weather verbs; the sky or the clouds are not used as the subject.

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