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inaugurate something (formal) to introduce a new development or an important change. The moon landing inaugurated a new era in space exploration. People hoped that the new government would inaugurate a period of change. Definition of inaugurate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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2 inaugurate something to officially open a building or...
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(of an official speech, meeting, etc.) first, and marking...
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the first official speech, meeting, etc. that marks the...
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Inaugurate definition: to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin. See examples of INAUGURATE used in a sentence.
INAUGURATE definition: 1. to have a ceremony to celebrate an important person starting a new job, a new building opening…. Learn more.
Inaugurate definition, to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power. See more.
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Either: 1. borrowed from French inaugurer (“to inaugurate”), from Latin inaugurāre, the present active infinitive of inaugurō (“to take omens from the flight of birds, to divine, practise augury; to approve, consecrate, or inaugurate on the basis of omens; to install”); or 2. a learned borrowing from Latin inaugurātus (“having been taken as an omen...
Borrowed from Latin inaugurātus (“having been taken as an omen, divined; having been approved, consecrated, or inaugurated on the basis of omens; installed, having been installed”) (the perfect passive participle of inaugurō (verb): see etymology 1) + English -ate (suffix meaning ‘characterized by [the thing denoted by the word it is attached to]’)...
inauguration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia“inaugurate”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.“inaugurate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.“inaugurate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.Definitions of 'inaugurate' 1. When a new leader is inaugurated, they are formally given their new position at an official ceremony. [...] 2. When a new building or institution is inaugurated, it is declared open in a formal ceremony. [...] 3. If you inaugurate a new system or service, you start it. [formal] [...] More.
to place in office formally and ceremonially; induct. to open ceremonially; dedicate formally: to inaugurate a factory. Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin inaugurāre, literally: to take omens, practise augury, hence to install in office after taking auguries; see in- ², augur.
