Meaning

2 senses

  1. A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

  2. (obsolete)A beginner.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. We believe we're seeing signs of incipient fascism.

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  2. The incipient movement has a lot to prove.

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  3. My old leg injury ached with the pressure change from the incipient storm.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: incipients
Singularincipient
Pluralincipients

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
beginner:beginnerA2inceptor

Word family

5 related words
Relatedinceptionincipienceincipiencyincipientlyincipit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incidentB1incidentallyincineratorincisionC1incisiveincisorC1incite
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