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
- (grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
- (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
- incipients
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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