nascent
pronunciation
How to pronounce nascent in British English:
UK [ˈnæsnt]
How to pronounce nascent in American English:
US [ˈnæsənt, ˈnesənt]
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- Adjective:
- coming into existence
Word Origin
- nascent
- nascent: see native
- nascent (adj.)
- 1620s, from Latin nascentem (nominative nascens) "arising young, immature," present participle of nasci "to be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Related: Nascence (1560s); nascency.
Example
- 1. Another nascent technology takes a different approach .
- 2. Still , even local recognition marks a step forward for china 's nascent civil society groups .
- 3. And history suggests that although nascent recoveries often wobble for a quarter or two , they rarely relapse into recession .
- 4. But china is a nascent superpower .
- 5. The moves aren 't likely to end the gyrations in the nascent e-reader market .