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inception noun [ ɪnˈsɛpʃ(ə)n ]

• the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity.
• "she has been on the board since its inception two years ago"
Similar: establishment, institution, foundation, founding, formation, initiation, setting up, origination, constitution, inauguration, opening, beginning, start, starting point, outset, birth, dawn, genesis, origin, rise, debut, day one, kick-off, commencement,
Opposite: end,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin inceptio(n- ), from incipere ‘begin’.


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