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Definition of nascent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nascent

adjective
 
/ˈneɪsnt/,
 
/ˈnæsnt/
 
/ˈneɪsnt/
(formal)
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  1. beginning to exist; not yet fully developed
    • a nascent industry
    • a nascent democracy
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNascent is used with these nouns:
    • movement
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin nascent- ‘being born’, from the verb nasci.
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