inceptive
/ɪnˈsɛptɪv/
adjective
- Relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial.
- The inceptive stages of the disease often show no symptoms.
- The inceptive phase of the project involved gathering requirements.
- Her inceptive remarks set a positive tone for the meeting.
- (Grammar) Describing a verb or form that indicates the beginning of an action.
- Some languages use an inceptive aspect to show that an action is just starting.
- In Latin, the suffix '-sc-' often forms inceptive verbs.
- The inceptive form of the verb means 'to begin to run.'
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