INCEPTION


Meaning of INCEPTION in English

/in sep"sheuhn/ , n.

1. beginning; start; commencement.

2. Brit.

a. the act of graduating or earning a university degree, usually a master's or doctor's degree, esp. at Cambridge University.

b. the graduation ceremony; commencement.

[ 1375-1425; late ME incepcion inception- (s. of inceptio ), equiv. to incept ( us ) begun (see INCEPT) + -ion- -ION ]

Syn. 1. origin, outset, source, root, conception.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .