HyperDic: incipient

English > 1 sense of the word incipient:
ADJECTIVEallincipient, inchoateonly partly in existence
incipient > pronunciation
Soundsihnsih'piyahnt
Rhymesabandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...
English > incipient: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningOnly partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
Examples
  • "incipient civil disorder"
  • "an incipient tumor"
Synonyminchoate
BroaderearlyBeing or occurring at an early stage / stage of development
Spanishincipiente
Catalanincipient
Nounsincipiency, incipiencebeginning to exist or to be apparent

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