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nascent
just beginning to exist or develop
Synonyms
- emerging
- budding
- incipient
Antonyms
- mature
- established
- developed
nascent in a sentence
The nascent democracy faced its first major political crisis.
The teacher encouraged Maya's nascent interest in astronomy with a book about distant galaxies.
Where it comes from
From Latin nasci, meaning 'to be born.'
Memory hook
NASCENT sounds like 'new ascent': something nascent is just starting to rise.
Read it in context
- The Moraine Calendar Nature