Inchoative
WordNet
adjective
(1) Beginning to develop
"Inchoative stages"
noun
(2) Aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
- 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II Of Prussia
- Our first Piece is of Winter, or late Autumn, 1771,—while the solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages; …
- 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II Of Prussia
- Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin.
- Wikipedia, Inchoative
- Some languages with the inchoative aspect use the same inflection for the inceptive aspect. The inchoative aspect is often translated into English by “to be about [to do something]”.
- Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.