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in·cho·ate
(ĭn-kō′ĭt, -āt′)adj.
1. Being in a beginning or early stage; incipient: "The country was developing an incipient national art, an inchoate national literature" (Jay Winik).
2. Imperfectly formed or developed; disordered or incoherent: "A prophet must be a good public speaker, someone who can transform inchoate rage into eloquent diatribe" (David Leavitt).
[Latin inchoātus, past participle of inchoāre, to begin, alteration of incohāre : in-, in; see in-2 + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]
in·cho′ate·ly adv.
in·cho′ate·ness n.
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inchoate
adj
1. just beginning; incipient
2. undeveloped; immature; rudimentary
3. (Law) (of a legal document, promissory note, etc) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid
vb (tr)
to begin
[C16: from Latin incohāre to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from in-2 + cohum yokestrap]
inˈchoately adv
inˈchoateness n
ˌinchoˈation n
inchoative adj
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in•cho•ate
(ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt; esp. Brit. ˈɪn koʊˌeɪt)adj.
1. not yet completed or fully developed.
2. just begun; incipient.
[1525–35; < Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus, past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on]
in•cho′ate•ly, adv.
in•cho′ate•ness, n.
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inchoate
Past participle: inchoated
Gerund: inchoating
| Imperative |
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| inchoate |
| inchoate |
| Present |
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| I inchoate |
| you inchoate |
| he/she/it inchoates |
| we inchoate |
| you inchoate |
| they inchoate |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I inchoated |
| you inchoated |
| he/she/it inchoated |
| we inchoated |
| you inchoated |
| they inchoated |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am inchoating |
| you are inchoating |
| he/she/it is inchoating |
| we are inchoating |
| you are inchoating |
| they are inchoating |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have inchoated |
| you have inchoated |
| he/she/it has inchoated |
| we have inchoated |
| you have inchoated |
| they have inchoated |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was inchoating |
| you were inchoating |
| he/she/it was inchoating |
| we were inchoating |
| you were inchoating |
| they were inchoating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had inchoated |
| you had inchoated |
| he/she/it had inchoated |
| we had inchoated |
| you had inchoated |
| they had inchoated |
| Future |
|---|
| I will inchoate |
| you will inchoate |
| he/she/it will inchoate |
| we will inchoate |
| you will inchoate |
| they will inchoate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have inchoated |
| you will have inchoated |
| he/she/it will have inchoated |
| we will have inchoated |
| you will have inchoated |
| they will have inchoated |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be inchoating |
| you will be inchoating |
| he/she/it will be inchoating |
| we will be inchoating |
| you will be inchoating |
| they will be inchoating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been inchoating |
| you have been inchoating |
| he/she/it has been inchoating |
| we have been inchoating |
| you have been inchoating |
| they have been inchoating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been inchoating |
| you will have been inchoating |
| he/she/it will have been inchoating |
| we will have been inchoating |
| you will have been inchoating |
| they will have been inchoating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been inchoating |
| you had been inchoating |
| he/she/it had been inchoating |
| we had been inchoating |
| you had been inchoating |
| they had been inchoating |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would inchoate |
| you would inchoate |
| he/she/it would inchoate |
| we would inchoate |
| you would inchoate |
| they would inchoate |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have inchoated |
| you would have inchoated |
| he/she/it would have inchoated |
| we would have inchoated |
| you would have inchoated |
| they would have inchoated |
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Adj. 1. inchoate - only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"
early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
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inchoate
(Formal)adjective
1. incipient, beginning, nascent, inceptive The dispute threatens to smash the inchoate government to fragments.
2. undeveloped, elementary, immature, imperfect, embryonic, rudimentary, formless, unformed His prose is every bit as inchoate as the wilderness in which he travels.
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inchoate
adj (liter) → unausgeformt
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