to inaugurate

Examples

• All

• In January 2010, Science Minister Kamran Daneshjou inaugurated an international conference for women in the sciences in Tehran.

  Academic text (2011)

• A new school building on land bought from a tea planter was inaugurated in 1926.

  Fiction book (1993)

• We are here to inaugurate the launch...

  Mutant Aliens (2002)

• The president is scheduled to inaugurate the competition.

  Blast (1997)

• Tomorrow, they would begin to inaugurate a new era in international relations.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I am proud of the advances that I have helped to inaugurate.

  Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

• This conference that has been called to inaugurate an era of equality in India, has no parallel in Indian history.

  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000)

• I remember distinctly the amazing program put on by FIERCE members to inaugurate the project.

  Academic text (2012)

• Last month, New York inaugurated a new mayor, moderate Democrats and former police captain Eric Adams.

• The Temple of Minerva in Guatemala City was inaugurated in 1901, and by 1915 there were twenty-two others.

  Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

I

to introduce

vsto inaugurate

520 2.1

To bring a new person, idea, or thing into a group

is the formal and often ceremonial act of beginning rather than plain presentation

I

to initiate

vsto inaugurate

426 4.5

To start something such as a project or discussion

is the formal ceremonial start that marks official beginning rather than simple starting

K

to kick off

vsto inaugurate

129 3.5

To start an event or activity, often officially

is the official, ceremonious beginning that marks significant change rather than routine starts

I

to install

vsto inaugurate

• Formal

69 3.9

To put someone into an official job at a ceremony

is the broader official start for events or systems, not only placing people

U

to usher in

vsto inaugurate

35 4.6

To start something new, like a new era or event

is the official and often ceremonial beginning rather than only a signal

I

to induct

vsto inaugurate

• Formal

31 6.2

Officially admit someone to a job or group with a ceremony

is the broader official start for events or systems, not only admission

P

to promulgate

vsto inaugurate

• Formal

24 8.0

Officially announce a new law or rule so it starts to apply

is the general ceremonial start for things or events rather than only legal enactment

O

to officialize

vsto inaugurate

• US

1 7.0

To give something formal approval from someone in charge

is an official public beginning often with ceremony and not only formal approval

Antonyms

E

to end

∞ 1.0

To stop something or make it finish

T

to terminate

147 4.6

To make something stop or finish

How Official

to inaugurate

• Formal

32 6.3

to found

305 3.9

to initiate

426 4.5

to launch

504 3.7

to start

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology