Dictionary entries for 'inception'

Synonyms

beginning
commencement
inauguration
incipience
incipiency
initiation
launch
leadoff
opening
origination
start
beginning
birth
commencement
dawn
genesis
nascence
nascency
onset
opening

in·cep·tion (ĭn-sĕṕshən)

[Middle English incepcion, from Latin inceptiō, inceptiōn-, from inceptus past participle of incipere, to begin, take up, in-, in; see in–², + capere, to take.]

noun

The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement. See synonyms at origin

noun

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