Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a new member of a group.
- noun A young bird just fledged.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
fledgling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- adjective (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers
- noun any new participant in some activity
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Examples
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She and her colleagues were pioneers in the fledgeling field of molecular biology.
Maxine Singer: Biochemist Peggy 2009
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Last year, Ceglia filed a lawsuit claiming that Zuckerberg had signed a contract in 2003 that awarded Ceglia $1,000 and a 50-percent stake in the fledgeling social network.
Could This Email To Paul Ceglia Cost Mark Zuckerberg 50% Of Facebook? 2011
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Being a fledgeling GM allowed me to be at the center of attention and practice wit, charm and acting.
Life without Dungeons and Dragons: A kid’s tale of alternate realities 2010
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Derek Waddell, chief executive of Edinburgh's research and development arm, believes that "fledgeling operations" developed on the campus have the potential to become global players, and help to generate "economic growth and new jobs."
Universities lead the way in developing UK start-up firms 2010
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Also a young robin, a fledgeling great-tit being given a lesson in how to work bird feeders by a harrassed-looking parent, a couple of adolescent blackbirds from the parents' first brood I think they are now feeding nestlings on their second, and a noisy family of chaffinches.
Archive 2009-06-01 Carla 2009
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A fledgeling medievalist, feminist, free range student, and middle school teacher sounds off on any and all issues that inform any of those identities.
Happy Spring! Heo 2009
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Perhaps not, but it is beginning to have the same organizational structure of a fledgeling religious organization.
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A fledgeling medievalist, feminist, free range student, and middle school teacher sounds off on any and all issues that inform any of those identities.
2009: The Summer of the Word Nerd, and related topics Heo 2009
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I find this incredibly amazing and while the technology is still fledgeling it is still the very [...]
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I find this incredibly amazing and while the technology is still fledgeling it is still the very beginning of this – I have no doubt that sooner before later significant apps will be possible if hackers are allowed to run their course.
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