Word: inchoative
Translations: inchoative
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spanish
Translations:
incoativo, incoativa, incoativas, incoativos, de inchoative
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german
Translations:
inchoativen, inchoativer
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french
Translations:
inchoatif, inchoatifs
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italian
Translations:
incoativo, incoativa, di inchoative
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portuguese
Translations:
incoativa, incoativo
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dutch
Translations:
kiem
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russian
Translations:
начинательный
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hungarian
Translations:
kezdeti
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turkish
Translations:
yeni başlayan, başlama belirten fiil, başlama ifade eden, başlama ifade
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greek
Translations:
εναρκτικός, αρκτικός
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ukrainian
Translations:
начінательний
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albanian
Translations:
i pazhvilluar, i porsafilluar, porsafilluar, pazhvilluar
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bulgarian
Translations:
начинателен, начинателен глагол
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belarusian
Translations:
начинательный
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estonian
Translations:
alguslik
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croatian
Translations:
početni
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romanian
Translations:
incoativ, incipient
The meaning and "use of": inchoative
adjective
- denoting an aspect of a verb expressing the beginning of an action, typically one occurring of its own accord. In many English verbs, inchoative uses alternate systematically with causative uses. - A hundred and forty years later, the inchoative generalization of the verb has shown up in the New York Times.
- an inchoative verb. - Is he saying that our genes have been programmed by evolution to resist inchoatives that involve becoming lost?