Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Inchoate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
A beginning, an immature start.
Verb
1
To begin or start (something).
Adjective
1
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
"incipient civil disorder"
"an incipient tumor"
"a vague inchoate idea"
2
Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
Example Sentences
"incipient civil disorder"
adjective
"an incipient tumor"
adjective
"a vague inchoate idea"
adjective
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