incipience

noun

in-ˈsi-pē-ən(t)s How to pronounce incipience (audio)
Definition of incipiencenext
as in beginning
the point at which something begins since its incipience, the show has been on the cutting edge of comedy

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Recent Examples of incipience Yet this modest drama invokes the power of incipience—fear of what will happen next—and amplifies it with lean writing in the service of flawless acting. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incipience
  1. beginning
  2. inception
  3. commencement
  4. start
  5. onset
  6. alpha
  7. launch
Noun
  • Clocks are advanced ahead one hour at the beginning of daylight saving time, in March, and clocks are moved back one hour in November when returning to standard time.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The married owners—Ingrid Rivas, an agronomist, and Radamés Arroyo, an engineer—first began developing the 25-acre property by cultivating Tahiti limes, and the name Hacienda Verde Tahití later became a tribute to those agricultural beginnings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of beginning
Noun
  • This happened despite the fact that calculations of orbital forcings, together with modeling of how carbon dioxide interferes with glacial inception, have suggested the next ice age was postponed by tens of thousands of years.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
  • That’s a wild thing to imagine, since the iPhone has had very few fundamental changes since its inception.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of inception
Noun
  • Their achievement is worthy of commencement speakers from the local, state and federal level — including Nancy Pelosi.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The city’s post came shortly after Butker delivered a commencement speech on May 14, 2024, at Benedictine College.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of commencement
Noun
  • The anticipated early 2028 production start will mark the next stage of the company’s investment in Colorado.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Heat also stuck with essentially the same bench rotation (but with a twist) despite its rough start to the season.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of start
Noun
  • There had been a temporary improvement but the onset of the Iran war has plunged the country back into crisis.
    — Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Much of these are solvable problems, if the right people are engaged to ensure that the community is involved from the onset.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of onset
Noun
  • In pill form, alpha-lipoic acid may ease symptoms, cause mild harm, or do nothing.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps most important for the team’s near future, Garland looked comfortable and confident as the Clippers’ alpha player, beginning his first full season in Los Angeles after being acquired from Cleveland in a trade for James Harden in February.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of alpha
Noun
  • Just five episodes ago, Tamra threw a party and invited all the former castmates to attend the launch of her CBD line or whatever.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Casting for Harry Potter has continued to be unveiled as Christmas launch date moves closer and even some Season 2 cast has started to be announced.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of launch

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