Nascent
adjective
Starting to exist, develop or grow.
A nascent stage of a plant's growth when the seed starts to sprout.
Often appears as...
- nascent industry
- nascent stage
adjective
Being born.
The nascent chick struggled to break free from its protective eggshell.
Often appears as...
- nascent life
- nascent organism
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Formal
adjective
Starting to exist, develop or grow.
A nascent stage of a plant's growth when the seed starts to sprout.
Often appears as...
- nascent industry
- nascent stage
adjective
Being born.
The nascent chick struggled to break free from its protective eggshell.
Often appears as...
- nascent life
- nascent organism
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Business Ventures
Used when discussing new business initiatives still in early stages.
The nascent startup secured its first round of financing.
Pro Tip 2/3Emerging Technologies
Refers to technologies that are currently being developed or will be developed.
Nascent blockchain technologies could revolutionize banking.
Pro Tip 3/3Early Growth Phases
Highlights the beginning period of growth in biological or cultural phenomena.
Her interest in art is in its nascent phase.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Ventures
Used when discussing new business initiatives still in early stages.
The nascent startup secured its first round of financing.
Pro Tip 2/3Emerging Technologies
Refers to technologies that are currently being developed or will be developed.
Nascent blockchain technologies could revolutionize banking.
Pro Tip 3/3Early Growth Phases
Highlights the beginning period of growth in biological or cultural phenomena.
Her interest in art is in its nascent phase.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Ventures
Used when discussing new business initiatives still in early stages.
The nascent startup secured its first round of financing.
Pro Tip 2/3Emerging Technologies
Refers to technologies that are currently being developed or will be developed.
Nascent blockchain technologies could revolutionize banking.
Pro Tip 3/3Early Growth Phases
Highlights the beginning period of growth in biological or cultural phenomena.
Her interest in art is in its nascent phase.
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The path toward...
outcomes and they're important steps for us that we've been able to strengthen democracy in our country and that's important what is happening around the Arab world today is a lesson for the dictators but if the lessons for nascent democracies that they're not yet there yet they're not as representatives
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The hidden life of Rosa...
Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman protest, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott. It lasted for three hundred and eighty-one days. Park’s simple act had transformed nascent civil rights activism into a national movement.
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Meet the dazzling flying...
The reality is that it is difficult to predict the impact of nascent technology. And for folks like us, the real reward is the journey and the act of creation. It's a continual reminder of how wonderful and magical the universe we live in is, that it allows creative, clever creatures
Video examples
The path toward...
outcomes and they're important steps for us that we've been able to strengthen democracy in our country and that's important what is happening around the Arab world today is a lesson for the dictators but if the lessons for nascent democracies that they're not yet there yet they're not as representatives
Video examples
The hidden life of Rosa...
Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman protest, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott. It lasted for three hundred and eighty-one days. Park’s simple act had transformed nascent civil rights activism into a national movement.
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
The reality is that it is difficult to predict the impact of nascent technology. And for folks like us, the real reward is the journey and the act of creation. It's a continual reminder of how wonderful and magical the universe we live in is, that it allows creative, clever creatures
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Hanna Rosin
Israeli Author
There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.
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Jeffrey Skoll
Canadian Businessman
We gravitated to the idea of social entrepreneurs when it was a fairly nascent thing. We began to build the organization, focused on investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Not long after that, we realized there was another opportunity to help bring them together and tell their stories.
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Kofi Annan
Ghanaian Statesman
Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free press, or the infrastructure required to defend their nascent democracies.
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Brian Armstrong
American Businessman
My belief is that the vast majority of people using digital currency today are not seeking to evade taxes. They are simply investors seeking returns and people interested in a nascent new technology.
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Brad Garlinghouse
American Businessman
There is a lot of volatility in the digital asset market broadly, and certainly that is true in the bitcoin market. It's been true for XRP, and I think that's because these markets are very nascent.
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Pat Roberts
American Politician
We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
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Jalal Talabani
Iraqi Politician
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
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Peter Brimelow
British Journalist
Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent.
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Sridevi
Indian Actress
In the '80s, the brand-endorsement market was quite nascent.
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
AI cloud is just very, very nascent.
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Hanna Rosin
Israeli Author
There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.
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Jeffrey Skoll
Canadian Businessman
We gravitated to the idea of social entrepreneurs when it was a fairly nascent thing. We began to build the organization, focused on investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Not long after that, we realized there was another opportunity to help bring them together and tell their stories.
Quote examples
Kofi Annan
Ghanaian Statesman
Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free press, or the infrastructure required to defend their nascent democracies.
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Brian Armstrong
American Businessman
My belief is that the vast majority of people using digital currency today are not seeking to evade taxes. They are simply investors seeking returns and people interested in a nascent new technology.
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Brad Garlinghouse
American Businessman
There is a lot of volatility in the digital asset market broadly, and certainly that is true in the bitcoin market. It's been true for XRP, and I think that's because these markets are very nascent.
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Pat Roberts
American Politician
We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
Quote examples
Jalal Talabani
Iraqi Politician
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
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Peter Brimelow
British Journalist
Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent.
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Sridevi
Indian Actress
In the '80s, the brand-endorsement market was quite nascent.
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
AI cloud is just very, very nascent.
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