inchoate

🇬🇧 UK/ˈinkəuit/🇺🇸 US/in'kәueit/
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Just begun and not fully developed; in an early, incomplete, or disorganized stage.

刚起步的,未成形的,不完整的

v.

To begin or initiate something.

开始,发起

n.

A beginning or immature start.

开端,初始阶段

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
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choroot
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ateto make, having
=inchoate

Common Collocations

  • 1.inchoate idea初期的想法
  • 2.inchoate plan未成形的计划

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The project is still in an inchoate stage and needs more development.

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