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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony marking the beginning of stage |
| Synonyms: | admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, curtain-raiser, dawn, dawning, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, outset, proem, services, start, starting point, tee off |
| Antonyms: | cessation, completion, end, ending, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | commencement, dawn, dawning, emergence, fountainhead, genesis, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, death, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a beginning |
| Synonyms: | advent, alpha, birth, commencement, dawning, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, outstart, rise, source, start, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | entrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into a place; introduction |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, approach, arrival, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enlistment, enrollment, entry, entrée, immigration, import, importation, inception, incoming, ingoing, ingress, ingression, initiation, invasion, outset, passage, penetration, progress, start, trespass |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, departure, exit, leave |
| Main Entry: | genesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, creation |
| Synonyms: | alpha, birth, commencement, dawn, dawning, engendering, formation, generation, inception, opening, origin, outset, propagation, provenance, provenience, root, source, start |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale, finish |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | front, beginning |
| Synonyms: | commencement, first place, fore, forefront, fountainhead, origin, rise, source, start, van, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | inauguration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | installation of newcomers |
| Synonyms: | commencement, inaugural, induction, initiation, institution, investiture, launch, launching, opening, setting up |
| Notes: | the presidential induction ceremony is the inauguration; the speech made is the inaugural address or inaugural |
| Antonyms: | adjournment, close, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | inception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, provenience, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| 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 |
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