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Inchoative

Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Aspect 76% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inceptive 92% connected

Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called al…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Bare adjective · 78% connection

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage o…

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Future perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future perfect tense noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future tense noun · 78% connection

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

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Imperative form noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Imperative mood noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Imperative verb noun · 78% connection

a verb in the imperative mood.

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Jussive mood noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Modal auxiliary noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal verb noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Past perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "‘I had finished’ is an example of the past perfect"

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-escent unknown · 78% connection

A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: expressing, pertaining, beginning, inceptive, verb.
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Active noun · 78% connection

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…

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Active voice noun · 78% connection

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…

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Aorist noun · 78% connection

a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its comple…

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: expressing, pertaining, beginning, inceptive, verb.
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Compound noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: expressing, pertaining, beginning, inceptive, verb.
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Compound word noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: expressing, pertaining, beginning, inceptive, verb.
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Dayspring noun · 78% connection

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

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Desiderative noun · 78% connection

A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitiv…

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Entrance noun · 78% connection

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance int…

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Epact noun · 78% connection

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: expressing, pertaining, beginning, inceptive, verb.
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Gerund noun · 78% connection

a noun formed from a verb (such as the ‘-ing’ form of an English verb when used as a noun)

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