Embryonic - English meaning

noun

The point in time or space at which something begins.

Usage examples:

He left at the beginning of february

verb

Perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity).

Usage examples:

Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder

adjective

(of a plant) having or developing buds.

Usage examples:

A budding chrysanthemum

verb

(of a plant or animal) form a bud.

Usage examples:

New blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

adjective

Growing or developing

Usage examples:

The high school jazz group included a number of budding musicians.

adjective

Growing and becoming more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

This is a rapidly developing field

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

adjective

Growing or becoming stronger or more advanced

Usage examples:

A developing fetus

adjective

Happening or done before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

We ate an early lunch

adverb

Before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

I was planning to finish work early today

noun

Potatoes which are ready to be harvested before the main crop.

Usage examples:

The versatile early potato solanum tuberosum has many varieties, which have their own distinct seas…

adjective

Relating to the basic elements of a subject.

Usage examples:

An elementary astronomy course

adjective

Simple or easy; basic

Usage examples:

I’m taking a course in elementary russian., the elementary charge (= the electrical charge in the n…

adjective

Becoming apparent or prominent.

Usage examples:

Established and emerging artists

verb

Move out of or away from something and become visible.

Usage examples:

Black ravens emerged from the fog

adjective

Growing and developing, esp. in business investment

Usage examples:

Us government and business must become partners in breaking into these emerging markets.

adjective

Relating to a fetus.

Usage examples:

Nutrients essential for normal fetal growth

adjective

Relating to a fetus (= a young human being or animal before birth)

Usage examples:

Fetal abnormalities, fetal stages of development

noun

A young bird that has just fledged.

Usage examples:

Only female hummingbirds are involved in parental care; they must incubate eggs, brood young hatchl…

adjective

New and not experienced

Usage examples:

Still in his teens, he pursued his fledgling career in journalism.

adjective

A fledgling company or industry is a fairly new one with little experience in a business activity

Usage examples:

Many fledgling companies need financial assistance., one of those fledgeling industries in the area…

adjective

Relating to or of the nature of a germ cell or embryo.

Usage examples:

In germinal lineages, replicative insertions are frequent, occurring in premeiotic, meiotic, and po…

noun

The seventh month of the french republican calendar (1793–1805), originally running from 21 march to 19 april.

Usage examples:

Out went the old months - january to december - and in came vendémiaire, brumaire, frimaire, nivôse…

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

Usage examples:

Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

adjective

Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

Usage examples:

A still inchoate democracy

adjective

Only recently or partly formed, or not completely developed or clear

Usage examples:

She had a child's inchoate awareness of language.

adjective

Beginning to happen or develop.

Usage examples:

He could feel incipient anger building up

adjective

Just beginning or just coming into existence

Usage examples:

He has a black mustache and an incipient potbelly.

adjective

Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

Incomplete carvings of cattle

adjective

Lacking some parts, or not finished

Usage examples:

The polls have closed but the results of the election are still incomplete., he failed to hand in h…

adjective

(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

Usage examples:

The nascent space industry

adjective

In the earliest stages of development

Usage examples:

Everyone in this nascent business is still struggling with basic issues.

adjective

Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.

Usage examples:

A campaign to woo potential customers

noun

Latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.

Usage examples:

A young broadcaster with great potential

adjective

Possible but not yet achieved

Usage examples:

He was eager to talk with potential customers., potentially dangerous products are often recalled b…

adjective

Of chief importance; principal.

Usage examples:

The government's primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment

noun

(in the us) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

Usage examples:

These two republicans should win their primaries easily

verb

Former term for palaeozoic.

adjective

Involving or limited to basic principles.

Usage examples:

He received a rudimentary education

adjective

Only basic, and not deep or detailed

Usage examples:

She has only a rudimentary grasp of the language.

adjective

(of a baby) not yet born.

Usage examples:

The sound of an unborn baby's heartbeat

adjective

Not yet born; in the mother’s uterus

Usage examples:

An unborn child/calf

adjective

Not having been developed.

Usage examples:

Undeveloped coal reserves

adjective

(of a place or land) not built on or used for farming

adjective

Not developed, used, or advanced

Usage examples:

Rhum is the uk's largest undeveloped gas field., this ailment is common in undeveloped countries wi…

adjective

Without a definite form or shape.

Usage examples:

She packed the unformed butter into the mould

adjective

(of an egg or young bird) not yet hatched.

Usage examples:

The nests contained birds keeping their unhatched eggs warm