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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developing |
| Synonyms: | basic, beginning, commencing, elementary, embryonic, fundamental, inceptive, inchoate, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, nascent, originating, start |
| Antonyms: | developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | embryonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rudimentary |
| Synonyms: | beginning, developing, early, elementary, evolving, germinal, immature, incipient, undeveloped |
| Main Entry: | first |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest in order |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, ahead, antecedent, anterior, basic, beginning, cardinal, early, elementary, first off, front, fundamental, head, headmost, in the beginning, inaugural, inceptive, incipient, initial, introductory, key, lead off, leading, least, number one, numero uno, opening, original, pioneer, premier, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primordial, pristine, right up front, rudimentary, slightest, smallest |
| Antonyms: | final, last |
| Main Entry: | inchoate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undeveloped, beginning |
| Synonyms: | amorphous, elementary, embryonic, formless, immature, imperfect, inceptive, incipient, just begun, nascent, preliminary, rudimentary, shapeless, unfinished, unformed, unshaped |
| Antonyms: | developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | initial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning, primary |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basic, commencing, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, first, foremost, fundamental, germinal, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, infant, initiative, initiatory, introductory, leading, nascent, opening, original, pioneer, virgin |
| Antonyms: | closing, final, last |
| Main Entry: | introductory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary, first |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, inaugural, incipient, inductive, initial, initiatory, opening, original, precursory, prefatory, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary, prior, proemial, provisional, rudimentary, starting |
| Antonyms: | concluding, ending, final, finishing, last |
| Main Entry: | undeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | abortive, backward, behindhand, embryonic, half-baked, ignored, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primitive, primordial, unactualized, underdeveloped, unevolved, unprogressive, untaught, untrained |
| Antonyms: | adult, developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | embryo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fetus |
| Synonyms: | egg, incipient, nucleus, organism |
| Notes: | a human embryo is the earliest stage of development while a fetus is from the eighth week of development to birth |
| Main Entry: | unborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future |
| Synonyms: | awaited, coming, expected, incipient, prospective |
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