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Another word for inception

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Noun

  1. The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence

    See also:

    start

  2. The initial stage of a developmental process

      1. The first part:
      2. The time when something begins or is begun:
      3. The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start:
      1. The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance:
      2. The beginning of anything
      3. A beginning or commencement.
      1. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
      2. The act or time of commencing; beginning; start
      3. A beginning; a start.
      1. A female given name sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
      2. A first appearance; a beginning:
      3. The beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak
      1. The coming into being of something; the origin.
      2. (Proper) The first book of the Bible, giving an account of the Creation
      3. The way in which something comes to be; beginning; origin
      1. Commencement or inception
      2. Birth
      3. A coming into being; a beginning:
      1. (Linguistics) The part of a syllable that precedes the nucleus. In the word nucleus (no͝o&STRESS;klē-əs), the onset of the first syllable is (n), the onset of the second syllable is (kl), and the last syllable has no onset.
      2. The beginning or start of something:
      3. A beginning; start; appearance
      1. A beginning; first part; commencement
      2. A specific pattern or series of beginning moves in certain games, especially chess.
      3. Start of operations; formal beginning
      1. (Anat.) The less movable of the two points of attachment of a muscle, usually the end attached to the more rigid part of the skeleton
      2. That in which something has its beginning; source; root; cause
      3. A coming into existence or use; beginning
      1. The beginning or initial stage of something
      2. The initial stage of something; the beginning:
      3. A setting out; beginning; start
      1. That season of the year in which plants begin to grow after lying dormant all winter: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of March, April, and May: in the astronomical year, that period between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice
      2. Any period of beginning or newness
      3. A source, beginning, or motive:
      1. An opportunity of beginning or entering upon a career, etc.
      2. A lead or other advantage, as at the beginning of a race or contest
      3. An instance of beginning a race:
    See also:

    start

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Another word for inception

Noun
      1. The ceremony or conventions by which a person is initiated into a fraternity, club, etc.
      2. An initiating or being initiated
      3. A ceremony, ritual, test, or period of instruction with which a new member is admitted to an organization or office or to knowledge.
      1. The first part:
      2. The place where something begins or is begun:
      3. The source or cause:
      1. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
      2. The act or time of commencing; beginning; start
      3. A beginning; a start.
      1. The act, process, or power of conceiving mentally; formulation of ideas, esp. of abstractions
      2. The beginning or formation of an idea or plan:
      3. The beginning of some process, chain of events, etc.
    See also:

    origin

    origin

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Sentence Examples

  • - This war differed very materially in its inception and conduct from the first and second.

  • The third process owes its inception to G.

  • In the second volume of his collected works Wennerberg gave, long afterwards, a very interesting account of the inception and history of these celebrated duets.

  • The Resumption Act of 1875, which provided for the return of specie payments four years later, was largely his work both in inception and in formulation, and his appointment to the head of the Treasury Department by President Hayes in 1877 enabled him to carry the policy embodied in the law to successful execution.

  • Its inception, and much more than half its contents were Hamilton's (the rest Madison's and Jay's).

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