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Incipience

Alt. of Incipiency

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commencement 76% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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First 76% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outset 76% connected

A setting out, starting, or beginning.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inchoate 74% connected

Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inchoate 74% connected

Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Incipiency 92% connected

Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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