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| Main Entry: |
inaugurate
 [in-aw-gyuh-reyt, -guh-] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; install |
| Synonyms: | bow, break in, break the ice, commence, commission, dedicate, get things rolling, get under way, induct, initiate, instate, institute, introduce, invest, jump, kick off, launch, make up, open, ordain, originate, set in motion, set up, start, usher in |
| Antonyms: | adjourn, close, end, stop, uninstall |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, found |
| Synonyms: | base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin |
| Main Entry: | commence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start action |
| Synonyms: | arise, begin, come into being, come into existence, embark on, enter upon, get cracking, get going, get one's feet wet, get show on road, hit the ground running, inaugurate, initiate, jump into, kick off, launch, lead off, open, originate, start the ball rolling, take up, tear into |
| Antonyms: | cease, complete, end, finish, stop |
Example Sentences
- Forty counters were also left in reserve for new airlines set to inaugurate service with the airport's opening.
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, confide to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reward, dignify |
| Synonyms: | adorn, arm, authorize, commission, coronate, delegate, determine, dower, enable, endow, endue, ennoble, enthrone, erect, establish, exalt, festoon, fix, heighten, honor, inaugurate, induct, install, invest, raise, sanction, set up, settle, stabilize, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, disregard, fine, punish |
| Main Entry: | enter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embark on; take part in |
| Synonyms: | become member, begin, commence, commit oneself, enlist, enroll, get oneself into, inaugurate, join, join up, lead off, muster*, open, participate in, set about, set out on, set to, sign on, sign up, start, subscribe, take up, tee off |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forget, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling, station, stick |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being |
| Synonyms: | begin, commence, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fashion, fix, form, get going, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, originate, plant, raise, ring in, settle, settle up, start, start the ball rolling, start up |
| Antonyms: | destroy, end |
| Main Entry: | generate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, create |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up, work up |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy |
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