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fledgling

(fledʒlɪŋ)
Word forms: plural fledglings
1. countable noun
A fledgling is a young bird that has its feathers and is learning to fly.
Synonyms: chick, nestling, young bird More Synonyms of fledgling
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use fledgling to describe a person, organization, or system that is new or without experience.
...the sound practical advice he gave to fledgling writers.
...Russia's fledgling democracy.
Synonyms: new, beginning, developing, emerging More Synonyms of fledgling

fledgling in British English

or fledgeling (ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ)
noun
1. 
a young bird that has just fledged
2. 
a. 
a young and inexperienced or untried person, organization or system
b. 
(as modifier)
a fledgling government

fledgling in American English

(ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ)
noun
1. 
a young bird just fledged
2. 
a young, inexperienced person
Also Chiefly British ˈfledgeling

Examples of 'fledgling' in a sentence
fledgling

This can mean a sudden promotion or a fledgling business becoming huge.
The Sun (2017)
At one stage of her fledgling career she was on the verge of quitting, having not ridden a winner for 18 months.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Within four months the fledgling business collapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That proved a defining moment in his fledgling career.
The Sun (2016)
But he said the fledgling industry needs a dose of reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The money helped established the fledgling company as an international operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They say some have blocked fledgling businesses from borrowing through them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The fledgling company rented three properties and built a website.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The dinner was being hosted by a fledgling company he had set up just months before.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It could give him the biggest win of his fledgling career.
The Sun (2012)
The physicians shuddered to see a fledgling organization that was supposed to be dependent on them flaunt such trappings.
Benjamin Woolley THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician (2004)
So what should fledgling firms do?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Moreover, fledgling firms must agree to payment terms when selling through app stores.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Patagonia could be the next powerhouse and Scandinavia had a fledgling industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Each recalls the fat pay packets and a fledgling industry that was often happy to display a cavalier attitude to health and safety.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They have a fledgling democracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The company has also hinted that there are deals in the pipeline for healthcare agencies as it looks to bolster its fledgling business in the sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The fledgling business already offers a free coffee promotion but is now going hi-tech with an app designed to benefit its regulars.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It focuses on human rights and fledgling UK business interests.
The Sun (2013)
This fledgling Scottish design company has just launched its first textile collection, a riot of all things floral.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So when some of the staff at her fledgling firm wanted bigger salaries she could not afford, she offered them an extra week of annual holiday instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The group aims to find and support fledgling firms that have the potential to be the UK's new big name.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
fledgling

British English: fledgling NOUN
A fledgling is a young bird that has its feathers and is learning to fly.
...when fledglings are almost ready to leave the nests.
  • American English: fledgling
  • Brazilian Portuguese: filhote de pássaro
  • Chinese: 刚长出羽毛的雏鸟
  • European Spanish: polluelo
  • French: oisillon
  • German: Jungvogel
  • Italian: uccello giovane
  • Japanese: ひな鳥
  • Korean: > 어린 새겨우 날 수 있는
  • European Portuguese: filhote de pássaro
  • Latin American Spanish: polluelo
British English: fledgling ADJECTIVE
You use fledgling to describe a person, organization, or system that is new or without experience.
...the sound practical advice he gave to fledgling writers.
  • American English: fledgling
  • Brazilian Portuguese: novato
  • Chinese: 新手
  • European Spanish: novel
  • French: en herbe
  • German: Nachwuchs-
  • Italian: alle prime armi
  • Japanese: 駆け出しの
  • Korean: 초보자의
  • European Portuguese: novato
  • Latin American Spanish: novel

(noun) 
Definition
a young bird that has grown feathers
It is against the law to disturb fledglings in nests.
Synonyms
chick
nestling
The nestlings are six weeks old when they fly for the first time.
young bird
(adjective) 
Definition
new or inexperienced
advice he gave to fledgling writers
Synonyms
new
beginning
developing
emerging
amateur
embryonic
his embryonic managerial career
probationary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of embryonic
Definition
in an early stage
his embryonic managerial career
Synonyms
rudimentary,
early,
beginning,
primary,
budding,
fledgling,
immature,
seminal,
nascent,
undeveloped,
incipient,
inchoate,
unformed,
germinal
in the sense of nestling
Definition
a young bird not yet able to fly
The nestlings are six weeks old when they fly for the first time.
Synonyms
chick,
fledgling,
baby bird

Nearby words of
fledgling

  • flea-bitten
  • fleabite
  • fleck
  • fledgling
  • flee
  • fleece
  • fleecy

Synonyms of 'fledgling'

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