Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | initiation |
| Synonyms: | admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inaugural, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, investiture, preliminaries |
| Main Entry: | initiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start, introduction |
| Synonyms: | admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inaugural, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, instatement, investiture, preliminaries |
| Antonyms: | close, conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination |
| Main Entry: | installation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | establishment, inauguration |
| Synonyms: | accession, coronation, fitting, furnishing, inaugural, induction, installment, instatement, investiture, investment, launching, ordination, placing, positioning, setting up |
| Main Entry: | inaugural |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | initiation |
| Synonyms: | admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, instatement, investiture, preliminaries |
| Notes: | the presidential induction ceremony is the inauguration; the speech made is the inaugural address or inaugural |
| Main Entry: | investiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | initiation |
| Synonyms: | admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inaugural, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, instatement, preliminaries |
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