单词 | inchoate |
释义 | inchoate[ in-koh-it, -eyt or, especially British, in-koh-eyt ] / ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt or, especially British, ˈɪn koʊˌeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inchoate ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivenot yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary. just begun; incipient. not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject. Origin of inchoate1525–35; <Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus, past participle of incohāre “to begin, start work on,” perhaps equivalent to in- in-2 + coh(um) “hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted” + -ātus -ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM inchoatein·cho·ate·ly, adverbin·cho·ate·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH inchoateinchoate , innateWords nearby inchoatein charge, inch by inch, in check, incher, inchmeal, inchoate, inchoation, inchoative, inch of mercury, Inchon, in chorus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inchoateBritish Dictionary definitions for inchoateinchoate adjective (ɪnˈkəʊeɪt, -ˈkəʊɪt)just beginning; incipient undeveloped; immature; rudimentary (of a legal document, promissory note, etc) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid verb (ɪnˈkəʊeɪt) (tr)to begin Derived forms of inchoateinchoately, adverbinchoateness, nouninchoation, nouninchoative (ɪnˈkəʊətɪv), adjectiveWord Origin for inchoateC16: from Latin incohāre to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from in- ² + cohum yokestrap Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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