INAUGURATION


Meaning of INAUGURATION in English

 ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin inauguration-, inauguratio, from inauguratus + -ion-, -io -ion

: the act or an instance of inaugurating: as

a. : investiture by appropriate ceremonies

knighted by the king of Scotland on his inauguration — L.G.Pine

b. : formal initiation, opening, or introduction

inauguration of a new museum

inauguration of a conference on educational problems

c. : beginning of the operation, use, or practice of something : start , institution

inauguration of a giant calculating machine … was announced — Current Biography

decided to postpone the inauguration of fluoridation — J.M.Burns

inauguration of scientific systems of tillage — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.