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Definition of inchoate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inchoate

adjective
 
/ɪnˈkəʊət/,
 
/ˈɪnkəʊeɪt/
 
/ɪnˈkəʊət/
(formal)
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  1. just beginning to form and therefore not clear or developed
    • inchoate ideas
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare, variant of incohare ‘begin’.
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