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View usage for: (ɪnsɪpiənt) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]An incipient situation or quality is one that is starting to happen or develop. [formal] ...an incipient economic recovery. There were signs of incipient panic. Synonyms: beginning, starting, developing, originating More Synonyms of incipient incipient in British English (ɪnˈsɪpɪənt) adjectivejust starting to be or happen; beginning Derived forms incipience (inˈcipience) or incipiency (inˈcipiency) noun incipiently (inˈcipiently) adverb Word origin C17: from Latin incipiēns, from incipere to begin, take in hand, from in-2 + capere to take incipient in American English (ɪnˈsɪpiənt) adjective in the first stage of existence; just beginning to exist or to come to notice an incipient illness Derived forms incipience (inˈcipience) noun or inˈcipiency incipiently (inˈcipiently) adverb Word origin L incipiens, prp. of incipere, to begin, lit., take up < in-, in, on + capere, to take: see have Examples of 'incipient' in a sentenceincipient That would cause a rise in inflation and choke off an incipient recovery.Going to a rave aged 39 shrieks incipient midlife crisis.The first is that the pain is by no means over yet, notwithstanding the incipient recovery.Real incomes should pick up, maintaining the incipient recovery in consumer spending.Then, of course, there is the influence of incipient middle age. Definition just starting to be or happen There were signs of incipient panic. Synonyms beginning starting developing originating commencing inceptive Additional synonymsDefinition in an early stage his embryonic managerial career Synonyms rudimentary, early, beginning, primary, budding, fledgling, immature, seminal, nascent, undeveloped, incipient, inchoate, unformed, germinal Definition just begun and not yet properly developed The dispute threatens to smash the inchoate government to fragments. Synonyms incipient, beginning, nascent, inceptive Definition starting to grow or develop The nascent country was still nervous about threats from beyond its borders. Synonyms developing, beginning, dawning, evolving, budding, incipient- incidental
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