Inaugurate

Definitions: Inaugurate

Inaugurate

Verb

1. Commence officially.

2. Open ceremoniously or dedicate formally.

3. Be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period".

Date "inaugurate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Inaugurate (4 syl.) means to be led in by augurs. The Roman augurs met at their college doors the high officials about to be invested, and led them up to the altar; hence to install. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Tips from 1870	Usage: Inaugurate. To inaugurate means to induct into office or to set in motion with formality and serious ceremony. Pompous writers too often employ the word in referring to commonplace events. A new business is established. A new hall or library is opened. A new pastor is installed. A new order of procedure is adopted. In general, the word begin or commence would be more appropriate than inaugurate. Source: Slips of Speech.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Inaugurate

Synonyms: introduce (v), kick off (v), usher in (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Beginning	Initiate, launch, inaugurate.
Celebration	Inaugurate, install, chair.
Commission	Put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Inaugurate

English words defined with "inaugurate": Inaugur, inaugurally, Inaugurated, Inaugurating ♦ Reinaugurate. (references)

Etymologies containing "inaugurate": Inaugur. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	As you can see, I'm going to inaugurate a little war. (You Only Live Twice; writing credit: Roald Dahl)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Inaugurate first police radio system of the West ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Guinea	Guinea was the first country to inaugurate a full-fledged Crisis Corps program, a new Peace Corps initiative developed to address natural and manmade disasters. (references)
	Turkey	No other U.S. flagged passenger carrier is serving the Turkish market at this time, nor has one announced intentions to inaugurate new passenger service, increase capacity (fly larger aircraft) or increase scheduled frequency. (references)
	Portugal	This bodes favorably for the Portuguese Travel Industry because WTO figures forecast a more than doubling of European travel to foreign destinations over the next two decades from 350 million in 1999 to 728 million in 2020. This growing trend is reflected in the efforts of a number of American companies to inaugurate charter air service from the United States to Portugal. (references)
Human Rights	Tanzania	Following President Mkapa's announcement in 2000 that the Government would inaugurate a Human Rights and Good Governance Committee, in April Parliament passed a bill that gave the Human Rights Commission the power to investigate human rights abuses on its own initiative upon receipt of a complaint or allegation. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	The Act is designed to inaugurate a new era of Federal and State partnership in the planning and provision of mental health services.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Inaugurate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 89.74% of the time. "Inaugurate" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	89.74%	35	58,339
Lexical Verb (base form)	5.13%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	2.56%	1	339,140
Adjective (general or positive)	2.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	39	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "inaugurate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		inauguroj, përuroj, hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk). (various references)

Arabic		‏قلد (affect, ape, burlesque, copy, echo, fake, follow, imitate, mime, mimic, mock, parrot, present, send up, sham, simulate, vest), ‏ولى (ensue, follow, succeed, supervene), ‏إفتتح (initiate, start, strike up), ‏دشن (institute). (various references)

Bulgarian		слагам началото на, въвеждам в длъжност, освещавам (bless, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, sanctify), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil). (various references)

Chinese		开始 (Began, begin, Begun, Commence, Commenced, Commencement, Commencing, Inaugurated, Inaugurating, inception, start, started, starting, start-off), 創 (a wound, begin, create, cut, initiate, injury, start, trauma). (various references)

Czech		inaugurovat, zavést (adopt, bring up, carry, download, introduce, lead on, warp), zahájit (begin, commence, go off, handsel, Initialize, initiate, introduce, launch, lead off, preface, start), zaèít (begin, commence, embark on, fall to, give a start, go, go off, initiate, kick off, open, originate, start, take up), uvést do úřadu (install), otevřít (begin, open, start, start up, throw, unbar, unbolt, unclose, uncork, undo, unlock, unseal). (various references)

Dutch		inaugureren. (various references)

Esperanto		inaŭguri, inaŭguracii. (various references)

Faeroese		víga. (various references)

Farsi		گشودن (Open, Unfurl, Unhinge, Unlace, Untie, Untwine, Untwist), افتتاح کردن (Open), اغازکردن (Begin, Birth, Commence, Incept, Inchoate, Initial, Set, Sparkplug), دایرکردن (Establish), برپاکردن (Erect, Establish, Pitch, Raise), براه انداختن . (various references)

Finnish		vihkiä (confer the degree of upon, consecrate, dedicate, join in marriage, marry, ordain), avata (open, switch on, to open, to willow, turn on, turn-on, unbuckle, unbutton, uncork, undo, unfasten, unhook, unlock, unstrap, untie, unwrap). (various references)

French		inaugurer (initiate, institute). (various references)

German		einweihen (baptize, christen, induct, initiate, open, open officially, to inaugurate, to induct). (various references)

Greek		εγκαινιάζω (consecrate, dedicate, initiate, open). (various references)

Hebrew		לפתוח רשמית, לח� וך (bring up, coach, consecrate, dedicate, educate, teach, train, tutor). (various references)

Hungarian		leleplez (debunk, detect, identify, to debunk, to denounce, to detect, to disclose, to expose, to identify, to lay bare, to show up, to uncloak, to uncover, to unfold, to unmask, to unveil, unmask, unveil), felavat (to dedicate, to inaugurate, to initiate), beiktat (induct, inset, instal, install, intercalate, record, register, to enrol, to enroll, to inaugurate, to induct, to put in, to reinstate). (various references)

Indonesian		melantik (induct, install). (various references)

Italian		inaugurare (open). (various references)

Korean		취임하십시�". (various references)

Manx		cur er bun (engender, engineer, establish, instigate, launch, open up, organize, put on, stage, start). (various references)

Norwegian		innvie (consecrate, hallow, initiate), innsette. (various references)

Pig Latin		inaugurateay

Portuguese		inaugurar (begin, open), para inauguração, consagrar (bless, consecrate, dedicate, devote, establish a business, hallow, sanctify), celebrar (celebrate, commemorate, hold back, observe silence, resound, solemnize). (various references)

Romanian		instala (arrange, establish, fix, induct, install, locate, pitch, place, position, put, put in, rig up, set, settle, sink), inaugura (auspicate, commission, initiate, unveil), face sfeştanie. (various references)

Russian		ознаменовать, начинать (began, begin, begun, commence, enter upon, incept, kick off, launch, lead off, preface, prelude, set to, start, start off, starts, strike up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		inaugurisati, označiti početak, osvećivati. (various references)

Spanish		inaugurar (dedicate, open, open up). (various references)

Swedish		inviga (anoint, consecrate, dedicate, inagurate, induct, Initialize, initiate, open). (various references)

Turkish		törenle göreve getirmek, başlamak (begin, come on, commence, cut along, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get, get a move on, get going, get to, go, go off, introduce, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, launch out into, lay down, open, set about, set in, set out, set to, start, start in, start off, strike in, strike up, turn to), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), açılış yapmak, açılış merasimi yapmak. (various references)

Ukranian		урочисто вводити на посаду, ознаменувати. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "inaugurate": inaugurated, inaugurates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Inaugurate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inagurate, inaugerate, inuagurate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "inaugurate" (pronounced i'nô"gyerā't or i'nô"gyerut)
4	-y er ā' t	ameliorate.
3	-er ā' t	accelerate, adulterate, agglomerate, collaborate, commemorate, commiserate, cooperate, corroborate, decelerate, decorate, deteriorate, enumerate, evaporate, eviscerate, exaggerate, exasperate, exhilarate, exonerate, federate, generate, incarcerate, incinerate, incorporate, invigorate, lacerate, liberate, obliterate, operate, perforate, proliferate, recuperate, redecorate, refrigerate, regenerate, reincorporate, reinvigorate, reiterate, reverberate, saturate, separate, tolerate, venerate.
4	-y er u t	accurate, inaccurate.
3	-er u t	barbiturate, commensurate, confederate, conglomerate, considerate, corporate, degenerate, deliberate, directorate, disparate, doctorate, electorate, emirate, favorite, illiterate, inspectorate, intemperate, inveterate, literate, moderate, protectorate, triumvirate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-n-r-t-u-u"
	-2 letters: aerating, runagate.
	-3 letters: anergia, gaunter, granita, granite, gratine, guarani, ingrate, ruinate, tanager, tangier, taurine, tearing, trueing, unitage, uranite, urinate.
	-4 letters: agnate, aigret, antiar, anuria, argent, augite, auntie, aurate, auteur, earing, eating, engirt, gainer, gaiter, garnet, gateau, gratin, guinea, guitar, gunite, gurnet, iguana, ingate, nature, nutria, ratine, rating, reagin, regain, regina, retain, retina, rugate, taenia, taring, triage, triune, truing, ungirt, uniter, untrue, urania, urgent.
	-5 letters: again, agate, agent, agria, anear, anger, antae, antra, antre, arena, argue, atria, auger, augur, aurae, aurei, entia, garni, gaunt, genua, giant, grain, grana, grant, grate, great, grunt, inert, inter, inure, irate, naira, niter, nitre, range, ratan, reata, regna, reign, renig, retag, retia, riant, riata, ruana, rugae, ruing, rutin, taiga, targe, tegua, tenia, terai, terga, tiara, tiger, tinea, tinge, tragi, train, trine, tuner, unite, unrig, untie, uraei, urate, urine, uteri.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-n-r-t-u-u"
	+1 letter: inaugurated, inaugurates.
	+4 letters: superannuating.
	+5 letters: bureaucratising, bureaucratizing, remanufacturing, supersaturating.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.