embryonic C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˌɛmbriːˈɑːnɪk/ UK /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #43374 Meanings 1 adj in an early stage of development The embryonic government is staffed by survivors of the massacre. 2 adj of an organism prior to birth or hatching The baby is in the embryonic stage. 3 adj Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential. We are also to see the green-lighting of some much overdue reform of fares and ticketing, even if it's still embryonic and to be trialled on part or the network. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · in an early stage of... embryotic 2 adj · of an organism prior to... embryologicembryonal Word family Derived forms abembryonicanembryoniccarcinoembryonicembryonicalembryonicallyembryoniclikeextraembryonicfetoembryonicinterembryonicintraembryonicmaternoembryonicmonembryonic Common collocations embryonic development Adjective + noun Etymology From New Latin embryonicus. Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # embryonic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɛmbriːˈɑːnɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 43374 ## Meanings 1. in an early stage of development 2. of an organism prior to birth or hatching 3. Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential. ## Examples - The embryonic government is staffed by survivors of the massacre. - The baby is in the embryonic stage. - We are also to see the green-lighting of some much overdue reform of fares and ticketing, even if it's still embryonic and to be trialled on part or the network. ## Synonyms - embryonal - embryotic - embryologic ## Derived Forms - abembryonic - anembryonic - carcinoembryonic - embryonical - embryonically - embryoniclike - extraembryonic - fetoembryonic - interembryonic - intraembryonic - maternoembryonic - monembryonic ## Etymology From New Latin embryonicus. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown