Definition of inchoate Inchoate
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We found 12 definitions of inchoate from 6 different sources.
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What does inchoate mean?
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| inchoate - only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" | ||
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| early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" | ||
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- inchoate (Noun)
A beginning, an immature start. - inchoate (Verb)
To begin or start something. - inchoate (Verb)
To cause or bring about. - inchoate (Verb)
To make a start. - inchoate (Adjective)
Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature. - inchoate (Adjective)
Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inchoate (a.)
Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete. - inchoate (v. t.)
To begin.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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inchoate
Recently started but not fully formed yet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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inchoate
in′kō-āt, adj. only begun: unfinished, rudimentary: not established.—v.t. (Browning) to begin.—adv. In′choately.—n. Inchoā′tion, beginning: rudimentary state.—adj. Inchō′ative, incipient. [L. inchoāre, -ātum, to begin.]
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