Inchoate

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ɪnˈkəʊət/, /ɪnˈkəʊeɪt/
• US IPA: /ɪnˈkoÊŠÉ™t/, /ɪnˈkoÊŠeɪt/

Origin

From Latin incohātus ("begun, unfinished"), perfect passive participle of incohō ("begin").

Full definition of inchoate

Adjective

1. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
• Raleighneither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate
2. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.

Synonyms

• started but not fully formed: elementary, embryonic, immature, incipient, nascent, rudimentary

Noun

1. (rare) A beginning, an immature start.

Verb

1. To begin or start something.
2. To cause or bring about.
3. To make a start.

Related terms

• inchoated
• inchoatedness
• inchoation
• inchoactive

Anagrams

• ethanoic
• thiocane