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nascent
Meaning: just beginning to exist or develop
nascent in a sentence
How nascent is used in real sentences:
The nascent democracy faced its first major political crisis.
The teacher encouraged Maya's nascent interest in astronomy with a book about distant galaxies.
“At first glance, the nascent lichen colonies nearest the glacier appeared as dull pinpoints on newly exposed rock.”
— from the passage The Moraine Calendar
Synonyms for nascent
Other words for nascent — emerging, budding and incipient — carry the same meaning.
- emerging
- budding
- incipient
Antonyms of nascent
Words that mean the opposite of nascent:
- mature
- established
- developed
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.