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incipiency

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Synonyms & Antonyms of incipiency

the point at which something begins

from its incipiency the city's monthlong festival of the performing arts has been a great success

Synonyms for incipiency

alpha,
baseline,
beginning,
birth,
commencement,
dawn,
day one,
genesis,
get-go
(also git-go),
inception,
incipience,
kickoff,
launch,
morning,
nascence,
nascency,
onset,
outset,
start,
threshold

Words Related to incipiency

drawing board,
first base,
ground zero,
square one

creation,
founding,
inauguration,
initiation,
institution,
origination

cradle,
fountain,
fountainhead,
germ,
origin,
root,
seedbed,
source,
spring,
well,
wellspring

dawning,
opening

advent,
appearance,
arrival,
debut
(also début),
emergence

childhood,
infancy,
youth

Near Antonyms for incipiency

cessation,
closing,
closure,
completion,
finale,
finish,
period,
stop,
termination,
windup

Antonyms for incipiency

close,
conclusion,
end,
ending,
omega

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The first known use of incipiency was in 1817

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