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incipient

Syllables: in·cip·i·entUK/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/

incipient adjective: in an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

Adjective

incipient (not comparable)

  1. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
    • After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
    • Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.

Noun

incipient (plural incipients)

  1. (obsolete) A beginner.
    Synonyms:
    beginner, inceptor
  2. A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

incipient meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

incipient in Tamil

தொடக்க நிலையிலுள்ள, முதிராத, துவக்க

incipient in Marathi

incipient; in the early stage of development
आरंभक ārambhaka

incipient in Urdu

ابتدائی, وجود میں آتا ہوا

incipient in Bengali

প্রারম্ভিক, প্রাথমিক, অঙ্কুরিত
More languagesFewer languages
incipient in Malayalam
ആരംഭഘട്ടത്തിലുള്ള, തുടങ്ങുന്ന, പ്രാഥമികഘട്ടത്തിലുള്ള, ആദ്യഘട്ടത്തിലുള്ള
incipient in Kannada
ಆರಂಭದ, ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಕ, ಅಂಕುರಿಸಿರುವ, ಮೊಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ

Examples of incipient in a sentence

  • How many more places might have been distributed by her incipient majesty it is impossible to say, for the thread of her meditation was broken by the sudden termination of the path.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
  • It need not be supposed that all varieties or incipient species necessarily attain the rank of species.1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
  • 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.1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 115:
  • Aislyn presses back against her house’s front door, panting a little with an incipient panic attack.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 405:

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Synonyms of incipient

All synonyms of incipient

Forms of incipient

pluralincipients

Origin of incipient

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

Words that rhyme with incipient

Questions about incipient

What does incipient mean?
Incipient means in an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
What is incipient in Tamil?
Incipient in Tamil is தொடக்க நிலையிலுள்ள, முதிராத, துவக்க. See Incipient meaning in Tamil.
How do you use incipient in a sentence?
How many more places might have been distributed by her incipient majesty it is impossible to say, for the thread of her meditation was broken by the sudden termination of the path.
What part of speech is incipient?
Incipient can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce incipient?
Incipient is pronounced /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ (UK).

Words near incipient in the dictionary

  1. incinerators
  2. incipience
  3. incipiences
  4. incipiencies
  5. incipiency
  6. incipient
  7. incipiently
  8. incipients
  9. incipit
  10. incipits
  11. incircle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incipient (page history and authors); incipient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आरंभक (Marathi) (page history and authors); incipient (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incipient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incipient (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incipient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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