inauguration
noun
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 noun
the act of starting a new operation or practice
he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
Types & categories
- commencement hypernym
Related & opposite
- embark on derivation
- inaugurate derivation
- inaugurate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the ceremonial induction into a position
the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration
Types & categories
- induction hypernym
Parts & wholes
- inaugural part meronym
Related & opposite
- inaugurate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | embark on |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inaugurate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inaugurate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inaugurate |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | inaugural |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | induction |