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Synonyms for inception

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-sep-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsɛp ʃən

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Définition of inception

Origin :
  • early 15c., "beginning, starting," from Middle French incepcion and directly from Latin inceptionem (nominative inceptio) "a beginning, undertaking," noun of action from past participle stem of incipere "begin, take in hand," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + cipere comb. form of capere "take, seize" (see capable).
  • noun beginning
Example sentences :
  • I have been Chairman of this Company since its inception two-and-thirty years ago.
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • These all commemorate, as it were, but the inception of the great discovery.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • He had been eating, drinking and sleeping watchbird ever since its inception.
  • Extract from : « Watchbird » by Robert Sheckley
  • Why should a novel about the Stock Exchange 'owe its inception' to a Highland lassie?
  • Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
  • It was this fact that destroyed the effort of the bear at the crisis of its inception.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Garlock and James had worked on the ship since its inception.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • She has been identified with the New York State union since its inception.
  • Extract from : « Two Decades » by Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. Gardenier
  • For a while his mind raced with plans, but each died in the minute of inception.
  • Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
  • Pure chance had been responsible for the inception of that friendship.
  • Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
  • And in what a strange setting was the inception first displayed.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford

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