Fledgling
Fledgling adjective - (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers.
Preliminary and fledgling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preliminary" instead an adjective "Fledgling".
Nearby Words: fledged, fledging
Preliminary
Preliminary adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Fledgling and preliminary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fledgling" instead an adjective "Preliminary".
Both words in one sentence
- The air defense variant, the four-ship Kidd class, was designed for the fledgling Iranian navy (under the preliminary name of Kouroush class), but a year after construction started the Iranian Revolution happened and they instead became part of the US Navy.
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