inauguration
/ɪˌnɔ.ɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/UK/ɪˌnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/
inauguration noun: the act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
Noun
inauguration (countable and uncountable, plural inaugurations)
- The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
- The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.
- Near-synonym: dedication
- The inauguration of the new bar was a success, with plenty of discounts.
- Synonyms:
- dedication
inauguration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inauguration in Hindi
- act of inaugurating
- उद्घाटन udghāṭan
- formal beginning
- उद्घाटन udghāṭan
inauguration in Tamil
- தொடக்கம், துவக்கம், ஆரம்பம்
inauguration in Marathi
- act of inaugurating
- उद्घाटन udghāṭan
inauguration in Urdu
- act of inaugurating
- اِفْتِتَاح iftitāḥ
More languagesFewer languages
- inauguration in Bengali
- উদ্বোধন udbōdhon
- inauguration in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ഘാടനം udghāṭanaṁ
- inauguration in Kannada
- ತೊಡಗುಹ, ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆ
- inauguration in Gujarati
- ઉદ્ઘાટન
- inauguration in Sanskrit
- उद्घाटन udghāṭana
- inauguration in Tagalog
- pagpapasinaya
- inauguration in Arabic
- تَنْصِيب tanṣīb
- inauguration in Vietnamese
- nhậm chức
Synonyms of inauguration
Forms of inauguration
| plural | inaugurations |
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Origin of inauguration
From Middle French inauguration.
Words formed from inauguration
Phrases with inauguration
Words that rhyme with inauguration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about inauguration
- What does inauguration mean?
- Inauguration means the act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
- What is inauguration in Hindi?
- Inauguration in Hindi is उद्घाटन (udghāṭan). See Inauguration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inauguration?
- Inauguration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inauguration?
- Inauguration is pronounced /ɪˌnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of inauguration?
- The plural of inauguration is inaugurations.
Words near inauguration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inauguration (page history and authors); inauguration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); উদ্বোধন (Bengali) (page history and authors); ഉദ്ഘാടനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); inauguration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inauguration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उद्घाटन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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