inchoative aspect

1. 1.

   aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb

   Synonymsinchoative

   Broaderaspect

Questions about inchoative aspect

What does inchoative aspect mean?

inchoative aspect means "aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb".

What is another word for inchoative aspect?

Close synonyms include inchoative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inchoative aspect a common word?

inchoative aspect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.