My old leg injury ached with the pressure change from the incipient storm.
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Incipient
//ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt//
Synonyms for "incipient" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (42)
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5 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- зараждащ се adj (beginning, starting)
- начален adj (beginning, starting)
Catalan
1 entries- incipient adj (beginning, starting)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 初期的 adj (beginning, starting)
Dutch
1 entries- beginnend adj (beginning, starting)
Finnish
2 entries- alkava adj (beginning, starting)
- orastava adj (beginning, starting)
French
3 entries- commençant adj (beginning, starting)
- incipient adj (beginning, starting)
- naissant adj (beginning, starting)
German
1 entries- einsetzend adj (beginning, starting)
Japanese
1 entries- 初期の adj (beginning, starting)
Kazakh
1 entries- алғашқы adj (beginning, starting)
Latin
1 entries- incipiēns adj (beginning, starting)
Polish
1 entries- początkowy adj (beginning, starting)
Portuguese
1 entries- incipiente adj (beginning, starting)
Russian
4 entries- зарожда́ющийся adj (beginning, starting)
- нача́льный adj (beginning, starting)
- начина́ющийся adj (beginning, starting)
- появля́ющийся adj (beginning, starting)
Slovak
2 entries- počiatočný adj (beginning, starting)
- prvotný adj (beginning, starting)
Spanish
1 entries- incipiente adj (beginning, starting)
Turkish
3 entries- başlangıç aşamasında adj (beginning, starting)
- başlayan adj (beginning, starting)
- halinde adj (beginning, starting)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
We believe we're seeing signs of incipient fascism.
Source: tatoeba (11083980)
The incipient movement has a lot to prove.
Source: tatoeba (11202308)
After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
Source: wiktionary
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