Used in a Sentence

larval

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

Editorial note

It's difficult beforehand when a company is larval to tell who's picked the right market unless you're able to really think through it.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Of or relating to larvae:

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

Of or relating to larvae:

adjective

Being a larva.

adjective

Characteristic of larvae.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for larval.

adjective

Of or relating to larvae:

adjective

Being a larva.

adjective

Characteristic of larvae.

adjective

Having the form or shape of a larva.

Example sentences

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It's difficult beforehand when a company is larval to tell who's picked the right market unless you're able to really think through it.

2

Even selecting a 'type' of student is risky, considering people at the age of 16-18 are essentially larval.

3

The larval stage stays in the ground, and then the young worms infect another person through the skin.

4

This is an instance of an author describing the larval stages of a new phenomenon.

5

Accepting you are in a larval stage and not reacting to others comments.

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There are even plankton varieties that revert to a larval state after adulthood.

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As a kind of larval stage, we would then build a civilization and ultimately more AI.

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Innovation is one of the disguises evil uses in its larval form.

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I've had the misfortune of being forced to use Laravel on a project, and the larval connotations are pretty apt.

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There was this hope in him that there is someone who understands the correlation between the riskiest larval start-ups, investor appetite and home runs.

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We're seeing this with Larval right now in India/SE-Asia, we've seen it with VB6, then.

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Maybe that's what places like HN are to larval hackers today.

Quote examples

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Also during this "larval state" get comfortable with your tools and work to adopt good coding style (the bigger your projects get the more you need to have your tools working for you and have a methods to keep your data/code/data organized and readable).

2

I have to agree with you that what is "a lot of money" is entirely relative; I don't think that $5k in today's terms is a lot of money by any startup's standards but any amount upwards of $15k or so is definitely "a lot of money" to a larval startup.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use larval in a sentence?

It's difficult beforehand when a company is larval to tell who's picked the right market unless you're able to really think through it.

What does larval mean?

Of or relating to larvae:

What part of speech is larval?

larval is commonly used as adjective.