What does Inchoate mean?

Definitions for Inchoate
ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt; esp. Brit. ˈɪn koʊˌeɪtin·choate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. incipient, inchoateadjective

    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

    "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"

Wiktionary

  1. inchoatenoun

    A beginning, an immature start.

  2. inchoateverb

    To begin or start something.

  3. inchoateverb

    To cause or bring about.

  4. inchoateverb

    To make a start.

  5. inchoateadjective

    Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

  6. inchoateadjective

    Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.

  7. Etymology: From incohatus, perfect passive participle of incoho.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Inchoateverb

    To begin; to commence.

    Etymology: inchoo, Latin.

    It is neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate, or in the way of perfection. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

ChatGPT

  1. inchoate

    Inchoate generally refers to something that is not fully formed or developed, essentially in the initial stages or beginning to happen or develop. It can refer to ideas, actions, plans, or legal rights that are just starting to form and are not yet clear, complete, or entirely established.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inchoateadjective

    recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete

  2. Inchoateverb

    to begin

  3. Etymology: [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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.]

Anagrams for Inchoate »

  1. ethanoic

  2. thiocane

  3. noachite

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Inchoate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Inchoate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Inchoate in a Sentence

  1. Former CIA Director James Woolsey:

    I find this whole thing, this whole week, to be very troubling for inchoate ways and inchoate reasons.

  2. Jared Taylor:

    The number of young whites who are waking up to racial reality is unprecedented, it is happening now because it's much easier for a young person to find an alternative point of view. All they need to do is find an Internet site, just a few clicks away, that explains in very clear terms what they might have been feeling in an inchoate way, but has never been expressed clearly for them.

  3. Nargiz Aliyeva:

    It was far off from normality. Too inchoate to the existence.

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