What does Inchoate mean?
Definitions for Inchoate
ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt; esp. Brit. ˈɪn koʊˌeɪtin·choate
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Princeton's WordNet
incipient, inchoateadjective
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
"incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"
Wiktionary
inchoatenoun
A beginning, an immature start.
inchoateverb
To begin or start something.
inchoateverb
To cause or bring about.
inchoateverb
To make a start.
inchoateadjective
Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
inchoateadjective
Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
Etymology: From incohatus, perfect passive participle of incoho.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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
Inchoateadjective
recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete
Inchoateverb
to begin
Etymology: [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 »
ethanoic
thiocane
noachite
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Inchoate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Inchoate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Inchoate in a Sentence
Former CIA Director James Woolsey:
I find this whole thing, this whole week, to be very troubling for inchoate ways and inchoate reasons.
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.
It was far off from normality. Too inchoate to the existence.
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