Word: inceptive
Category: inceptive
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Synonyms: inceptive
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: inceptive
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german
Translations:
anfangend
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french
Translations:
élémentaire, initial, rudimentaire
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russian
Translations:
начинательный, начинающийся, зарождающийся, начальный, инкубационный
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czech
Translations:
počáteční
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polish
Translations:
początkowy, żywiołowy
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ukrainian
Translations:
інкубація
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estonian
Translations:
inhoatiiv
The meaning and "use of": inceptive
adjective
- relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial. - After quick cooling down, the inceptive sunshade curtain is set to a curled finished sunshade curtain.
- an inceptive verb. - These verbs are in the literature referred to as ‘ inceptives ’.