"incipient" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: En-us-incipient.ogg , en-au-incipient.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪpiənt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|incipiēns}} Latin incipiēns Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} incipient (not comparable)
  1. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (beginning): beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent Translations (beginning, starting): начален (načalen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), зараждащ се (zaraždašt se) (Bulgarian), incipient (Catalan), 初期的 (chūqí de) (Chinese Mandarin), beginnend (Dutch), alkava (Finnish), orastava (Finnish), incipient (French), commençant (French), einsetzend (German), 初期の (shoki no) (alt: しょきの) (Japanese), алғашқы (alğaşqy) (Kazakh), incipiēns (Latin), początkowy (Polish), incipiente (Portuguese), начина́ющийся (načinájuščijsja) (Russian), появля́ющийся (pojavljájuščijsja) (Russian), зарожда́ющийся (zaroždájuščijsja) (Russian), нача́льный (načálʹnyj) (Russian), prvotný (Slovak), počiatočný (Slovak), incipiente (Spanish), başlangıç aşamasında (Turkish), halinde (Turkish), başlayan [medicine, sciences] (Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: En-us-incipient.ogg , en-au-incipient.ogg Forms: incipients [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪpiənt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|incipiēns}} Latin incipiēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} incipient (plural incipients)
  1. (obsolete) A beginner. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People Synonyms (beginner): beginner, inceptor
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  2. (grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language. Categories (topical): Grammar
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inception, incipience, incipiency, incipiently, incipit

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It may even be that because of incipient satiation, the shares of the marginal dollar display consumption propensities that are the reverse of the ones exhibited by the average dollar.",
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          "text": "Aislyn presses back against her house’s front door, panting a little with an incipient panic attack.",
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