incipient

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪnˈsɪpiːənt/ UK /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #75978

Meanings

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adj
Just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage.

Doctors caught the incipient illness before it could spread.

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Synonyms

1 adj · just beginning to exist or... beginning emerging nascent starting

Word family

Forms incipiently

Related forms inceptionincipienceincipiencyincipientlyincipit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European incipiēns Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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