infancy
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- noun
- /ˈɪnfənsi/
- In these students' view, the university, though small and still in its infancy, held great growth potential.
- in its infancy
- early infancy
- remain in its infancy
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Watch on YouTubeThe only challenge we have is between now their infancy and then their adulthood.
- The only challenge we have is between now their infancy and then their adulthood.
- Like this is the Internet's in its infancy still, right?
- So computing, home computing, personal computing was very much in it's infancy as you can see.
- Like, you know, we're, we're really in our, our infancy of understanding these things, to put it mildly.
- So when this project came up, it was still in in its infancy.
- I think it's still very much in in its infancy.
- There are also times of the greatest cell death in the brain is during infancy.
- But we really are in our infancy of understanding this, quantifying the microbiome.
- It's true, it's been around for a while, but it's, it's only in its infancy in terms of its full potential.
- Finally, deepfakes, the tech and the techniques and the workflow is still in its infancy.
- Kant said that it, it is just, you know, humanity using its own reason to exit its infancy.
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Mental illness, of course at that time was not very well understood and treatments were still in their infancy.
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And we're still, in my opinion, in our infancy of really uncovering a lot of these explorations.
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Yet despite its infancy, the new city appears to have grown quite rapidly.
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In 1925, the welfare state was still in its infancy throughout the Western world.
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Experimental studies toward that end are in their infancy, but several promising theoretical proposals have already been developed.
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Visual object recognition for assistive technology is still in its infancy, with only a few applications proposed in recent years.
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But we really are in our infancy of understanding this, quantifying the microbiome.
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The research and applications of reconfigurable intelligent modular robots are still at their infancy stage.
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One of the most rewarding moments of infancy for parents is the first truly responsive smile.
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He was the first of Klara's children to survive infancy.
Synonyms
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5.0
A place where something begins or develops
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1.6
The early time in the life of something
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1.0
The early part of life when a person is a baby
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An early part of an animal or plant's life when it is still very small
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An early stage when an idea or plan is not yet developed
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The time when something first begins to exist, like an idea or a civilization
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The time when something first appears
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The first stage when a project or living thing begins to form
A period when a person or group is new and still learning
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Etymology
The word infancy comes from the old Latin word infans, which meant 'not speaking' and was used for a 'baby', and it is the same root as infant. So, infancy now means the very first or 'beginning' stage of something, when it is new and still growing.