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Meaning of 'inaugurate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inaugurate [ a.]
- Invested with office; inaugurated.
2 . Inaugurate [ v. t.]
- To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king.
- To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc.
- To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.
- To begin with good omens.

Meaning of 'inaugurate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inaugurate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be a precursor of
Example in sentence:
  • The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period

Nearby Words:

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