ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Incipient

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Incipient is an adjective meaning In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

Meaning

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

More Meanings

  1. (grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
  2. (obsolete) A beginner.

Example Sentences

After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
Aislyn presses back against her house’s front door, panting a little with an incipient panic attack.
Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.
It need not be supposed that all varieties or incipient species necessarily attain the rank of species.

Word Forms

Synonyms for incipient

Depending on context, synonyms include beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inchoate, early, nascent, emergent, emerging, beginning.

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