Inception Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Inception

spring
A source, beginning, or motive:
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origination
(Countable) The act of bringing something into existence.
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launch
(Nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
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initiation
The act or process of initiating something.
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birth
A beginning or commencement.
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onset
(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.
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kickoff
(Informal) A beginning:
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commencement
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
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conception
The beginning or formation of an idea or plan:
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beginning
Beginning means the moment or place when something started.
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inauguration
The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.
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incipience
A beginning, or first stage
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incipiency
A state of nascency; a quality of incipience.
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leadoff
An opening play or move.
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opening
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
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start
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
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dawn
The beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak
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nascency
A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
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outset
The beginning or initial stage of something
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arrival
The reaching of a goal or objective as a result of effort or a process:
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principium
A principle
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source
A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained:
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genesis
(Religion) The first sacred book in the Torah and the Hebrew Bible.
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Antonyms for Inception

end
The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
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finish
The final part; the conclusion:
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conclusion
The definition of a conclusion is the last part of something or an opinion reached after some thought.
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ending
(Grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
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Words Related to Inception

origin
(Anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
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very beginning
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heyday
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Inception Sentence Examples

  • Ten years after their inception, Midway was purchased by Bally.

  • In fact, since its inception, the FHA has grown to become the world's single largest insurer of home mortgages.

  • This last process was called " inception."

  • Many people may not realize that its inception actually dates back to 1886 when the company started life as the California Perfume Company (CPC).

  • From the inception of video games in the 1970's to the crash and resurrection of them in the 80's, video games have been a quiet part of the modern world.

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