the beginning of something; start; commencement
Origin of inception
Classical Latin inceptio from inceptus, past participle of incipere: see incipient
noun
The definition of inception is the beginning.
An example of inception is January 1st being the beginning of a new year.
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noun
The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement. See Synonyms at origin.
Origin of inception
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 ; see kap- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural inceptions)
- The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
- From its inception the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children.
Origin
From Latin inception-, stem of inceptiō, from inceptus, Perfect passive participle of incipiō (“I begin”).
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Sentence Examples
- - This war differed very materially in its inception and conduct from the first and second.
- The third process owes its inception to G.
- Its inception, and much more than half its contents were Hamilton's (the rest Madison's and Jay's).
- His flight practically settled the question; and an inquiry, which many people had thought at its inception would brand Parnell as a criminal, raised him to an influence which he had never enjoyed before.
- In the second volume of his collected works Wennerberg gave, long afterwards, a very interesting account of the inception and history of these celebrated duets.
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