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ɪnˈsɛp ʃənin·cep·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. inception

    The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.

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    Synonyms:
    arising, beginning, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, initiation, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, spring, start

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. origin, origination, inceptionnoun

    an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

    Synonyms:
    rootage, innovation, parentage, instauration, lineage, introduction, root, stock, creation, ancestry, founding, stemma, descent, blood, extraction, origin, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, initiation, bloodline, origination, foundation, beginning, institution

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  1. inceptionnoun

    Synonyms:
    beginning, commencement, inauguration

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How to use inception in a sentence?

  1. Ruth Porat:

    The company, from inception, was built with the concept that we should give employees voice and that if we give employees voice and there's transparency, it will make things stronger. There's a lot of respect for that at Google.

  2. The People Daily:

    What has also been notable is the hypocrisy of some Western governments - the United States and United Kingdom most prominently - which have called for a stop to the violence, as if they have had nothing to do with it, but, looking back at the whole protest saga, they have been deeply involved in fuelling it since its inception.

  3. Dov Moran:

    Our experience enables us to support entrepreneurs and early stage start-ups during their inception period and guide them through their growth to become global market leaders.

  4. The UAW:

    Since its inception, the UAW has put in place a process to ensure that minority groups have a voice.

  5. Jared Woodfill:

    This is a huge win for the pro-life movement, the court recognized that the charges brought by the Harris County District Attorney's Office were flawed from their inception.


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