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gestational

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore G words

relating to a period of development or formation

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Gestational in a sentence

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The startup was still in its gestational phase, refining a product no one had yet seen.

Synonyms
developmentalformativeincubatory
Antonyms
maturefinished

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Gestational (adjective) means relating to a period of development or formation
Here is gestational used in an example sentence: "The startup was still in its gestational phase, refining a product no one had yet seen."
Common synonyms for gestational include developmental, formative, incubatory.
Antonyms of gestational include mature, finished.
Gestational is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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