Meaning of inception in English

inception

noun [ S ]

/ɪnˈsep.ʃən/ us

/ɪnˈsep.ʃən/

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the beginning of an organization or official activity:

since something's inception Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer development.

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beginning

origin

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the start of something

beginningLet's go back to the beginning. Can you tell me when you arrived at the crime scene?
startI didn't like him from the very start.
endThis is it – the end of the tour.
openingThe opening of the ceremony was marred by protest.
commencementWhat is the commencement date of their contract?
kick-offWhat time is the kick-off for the banquet and show?

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(Definition of inception from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

inception | American Dictionary

inception

noun [ U ]

/ɪnˈsep·ʃən/

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the beginning of an organization or official activity:

Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer development.

(Definition of inception from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

inception | Business English

inception

noun [ C, usually singular, or U ]

/ɪnˈsepʃən/ us

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the beginning of an organization, official activity, system, or agreement:

Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer development.

the inception of an era/a period

the inception of a project/programme/scheme At the inception of the program, all parties will defer their complaints to the governing body.

(Definition of inception from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of inception

inception

The contradictions of fashion were inherent from its inception.

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The value of the corona inception voltage is readily deduced from the corresponding experimental data.

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It is time to look critically at the attitude of exceptionalism that has clouded regulation of human subject research from its inception.

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This structure has not been altered since its inception.

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There is no mention of the concept of inception horizons, fundamental to the initiation of cave drainage systems and their subsequent development.

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Since the journal's inception it has proved an invaluable source both for reflective scientists and for workers in the history, philosophy and sociology of science.

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This was the consequence of price caps that were in all likelihood set too low at the inception of the reform.

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Ironically, the inception of modernism - the very moment where man (or woman) invented himself (herself) - simultaneously launched new and more subtle "enlightened" mechanisms of control.

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The work's embryonic ideas are announced from the inception of the first movement, spanning a wide compass.

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The latter may arise from the fortunes of financial markets at the time, especially longer-term trends not foreseen at inception of the contract.

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This is a line of very original research which has hardly been developed since its inception.

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This paper provides a first step toward this with a review of the reports of these four agencies from their inception until 1998.

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Common to each of these initiatives was the democratic nature of their inception and of the decision-making processes that were imperative for their continuance.

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Table 2 assesses the performance of each country at inception and following reform from a child-centred perspective.

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From its inception, of course, postcolonial criticism has pursued the ideological significance of the representation of space.

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