Inchoative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Beginning; initial.
  • adj. Grammar Of or being a verb or verbal form that designates the beginning of an action, state, or event, such as the Latin verb tumēscēre, "to begin to swell.”
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
  • adj. Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin.
  • adj. Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In the state of inception or formation; incipient; rudimentary.
  • Expressing or indicating beginning; inceptive: as, an inchoative verb (otherwise called inceptive).
  • n. That which begins, or that which expresses the beginning of, an action or state; specifically, in grammar, an inchoative verb.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
  • adj. beginning to develop
  • Equivalent
    immature   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aspect   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inceptive