embryonic

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

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

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Phrases (1)

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embryonic development
the growth and formation of an organism during its embryo stage

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From New Latin embryonicus.

Topics

Describing Qualities Biology & Genetics Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Describing Qualities
- Biology & Genetics
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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