Fledgling Meaning
/ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUntried or inexperienced.
adjEmergent or rising.
Sentence Examples
There was a fledgling bird there.
It's a fledgling technology but it shows great promise.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____, a tiny bird, still learning to fly, wobbled unsteadily on the branch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ company is still struggling to establish itself in a very competitive and crowded market.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English fledge Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English fledgling From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale."
— 2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940:
"Harry Boland was born in Dublin in 1884 and educated with his younger brother Gerry in Clontarf. His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA. Harry Boland fought at the GPO in April 1916 and was interned in Dartmoor and Lewes jail."
— 1997 August 5, “Film failed to do justice to drama surrounding death of Harry Boland”, in The Irish Times:
"Less than 24 hours later, Aker’s fledgling green energy and technology unit, Aker Horizons, revealed it had landed a bigger catch, with its planned purchase of Roscommon native Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power for up to €1 billion."
— 2021 January 22, Joe Brennan, “Has Eddie O’Connor underestimated the value of his €1bn baby?”, in The Irish Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____, a tiny bird, still learning to fly, wobbled unsteadily on the branch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ company is still struggling to establish itself in a very competitive and crowded market.