Used in a Sentence

incubator

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for incubator.

Editorial note

Success or failure of a startup in an incubator is not diagnostic evidence as i can think of a dozen other hypothesis to explain those results.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of incubator gathered in one view.

noun

An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.

noun

A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.

noun

(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for incubator.

noun

An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.

noun

A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.

noun

(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

noun

(business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.

Example sentences

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Success or failure of a startup in an incubator is not diagnostic evidence as i can think of a dozen other hypothesis to explain those results.

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PS: For an off the wall example, they may be planning to become a seed incubator.

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At the beginning of the incubator I attended, the estimated success rate of startups was less than 10%.

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I painstakingly prepared one of these dishes, then forgot about it, and left it in the incubator for a week.

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Maybe instead of an incubator, you should focus on local education.

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Most of good cordes, have not good verbal skills, or financial skills, and they can't join into an incubator or find an angel or ventur capital.

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FYI, there's the world's only solar-focused startup incubator and accelerator is based in Oakland[1], which has around 20 solar software startups at any given time in it.

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For instance, the youweb incubator operates this way.

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How does the incubator plan to make money?

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Your point about incubator success is different.

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My previous job (technology incubator in central Japan) had a deal with the government where we got housed in the apartments normally used for government employees.

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YC is such a high-profile incubator yet none of the startups are terribly revolutionary and some are just uninspired or even outright terrible.

Quote examples

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If you think Egyptian mythology has a problem with the name clash imagine this software incubator (also called Isis) [1] "Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 09:30 to 11:30 Isis Innovation Ltd, Ewert House, Ewert Place, Oxford OX2 7SG, United Kingdom The Isis Software Incubator is running its spring 4 week accelerator programme starting March 23.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use incubator in a sentence?

Success or failure of a startup in an incubator is not diagnostic evidence as i can think of a dozen other hypothesis to explain those results.

What does incubator mean?

An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.

What part of speech is incubator?

incubator is commonly used as noun.