incipient
11incipient — in|cip|i|ent [ ın sıpiənt ] adjective FORMAL just beginning to appear or develop: the incipient signs of economic recovery an incipient brain tumor …
12incipient — UK [ɪnˈsɪpɪənt] / US adjective formal just beginning to appear or develop the incipient signs of economic recovery an incipient brain tumour …
13incipient — in•cip•i•ent [[t]ɪnˈsɪp i ənt[/t]] adj. beginning to exist or appear: an incipient cold[/ex] • Etymology: 1580–90; < L incipient , s. of incipiēns, prp. of incipere; see inception in•cip′i•ent•ly, adv …
14incipient — 1. adjective /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ beginning, starting, coming into existence. After 500 years, incipient towns appeared. Syn: beginning, commencing, emerging, starting 2. noun /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ …
15incipient — in·cip·i·ent ənt adj beginning to come into being or to become apparent <the incipient stage of a fever> in·cip·i·ent·ly adv * * * in·cip·i·ent (in sipґe ənt) beginning to exist; coming into existence …
16incipient — in|cip|i|ent [ınˈsıpiənt] adj [only before noun] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of incipere; INCEPTION] starting to happen or exist ▪ a sign of incipient madness …
17incipient — [ɪn sɪpɪənt] adjective beginning to happen or develop. Derivatives incipience noun incipiency noun incipiently adverb Origin C16 (asnoun denoting a beginner): from L. incipient , incipere, undertake, begin …
18incipient — adjective (only before noun) formal starting to happen or exist: those tiny yawns that are sure signs of incipient boredom incipiently adverb …
19incipient — adjective the system detects incipient problems early Syn: developing, growing, emerging, emergent, dawning, just beginning, inceptive, initial, inchoate; nascent, embryonic, fledgling, in its infancy, germinal Ant: full blown …
20incipient — adj. 1 beginning. 2 in an initial stage. Derivatives: incipience n. incipiency n. incipiently adv. Etymology: L incipere incipient (as INCEPT) …
