Inauguration Day
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- noun
- /ɪˌnɔːɡjʊˈreɪʃən deɪ/
- US
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Día de la Inauguración
- The festivities on Inauguration Day include parades, speeches, and various celebrations across the country.
And he says he has vowed to have Elon Musk run out of the MAGA administration by Inauguration Day.
- And he says he has vowed to have Elon Musk run out of the MAGA administration by Inauguration Day.
Examples
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When inauguration day came, the media trained their cameras on Bush's helicopter as it evacuated Washington to the roar of two million revelers.
Academic text (2009) -
Furthermore, the president should present to the relevant committees by Inauguration Day the nominations for the top ten positions in the Departments of State and Defense, and for the top three positions at the CIA.
Academic text (2000) -
Thanks for coming back for Inauguration Day.
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I will stay until inauguration day.
Fiction book (1993) -
Between now and Inauguration Day, and even beyond, politics can still cause workplace dissent.
Blog text (30) -
The Dow Jones was around 7800 on inauguration day 2008.
Blog text (11) -
Since inauguration day, I've been searching for what drives President Obama.
Blog text (17) -
The S&P 500 closed down 4.9 percent at 827.16, paring the gains since President Obama's inauguration day to just 2.7 percent.
Blog text (28) -
The leaders of those committees should agree to move those slates of nominees to full Senate votes within 30 days after Inauguration Day, barring a specific problem with a specific nominee.
Academic text (2000) -
On Inauguration Day, the new president took the oath of office in front of thousands of supporters.
Synonyms
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An official ceremony to mark the start of a leader's term or the opening of an important place
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'inauguration' denotes a formal ceremony to induct someone into office and 'day' denotes the calendar day when that event occurs, so the combined meaning is directly derivable from the parts. This construction is similar across many languages (e.g., 'día de la inauguración', 'jour de l'inauguration'), so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Inauguration Day comes from the public ceremony that puts a new leader officially into office. On that day the president is formally 'sworn in', so the phrase means the day the president begins the job.