inaugurate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
commence officially
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inauguration derivation
- inauguration derivation
- start-off derivation
- commencement derivation
Sense 2 verb
open ceremoniously or dedicate formally
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
- inauguration derivation
Sense 3 verb
be a precursor of
The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period
Types & categories
- start hypernym
Related & opposite
- augury derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inauguration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inauguration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | start-off |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | embark on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swear in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dedicate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inauguration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | augury |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | start |