Definitions for inception

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inception in·cep·tion

Spelling: [in-sep-shuh n]

IPA: /ɪnˈsɛp ʃən/

Inception is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in inception (ceiinnopt).

Definitions for inception

noun

1. beginning; start; commencement.
2. British. the act of graduating or earning a university degree, usually a master's or doctor's degree, especially at Cambridge University. the graduation ceremony; commencement.
3. (in science fiction) the act of instilling an idea into someone's mind by entering his or her dreams.

Origin of inception

1375-1425; late Middle English incepcion Latin inceptiōn- (stem of inceptiō), equivalent to incept(us) begun (see incept) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for inception

Since its inception, Hamas has had close ties with Iran, but relations soured when civil war broke out in Syria.

Why should a novel about the Stock Exchange 'owe its inception' to a Highland lassie?

He had been eating, drinking and sleeping watchbird ever since its inception.

I have been Chairman of this Company since its inception two-and-thirty years ago.

And yet our country has redefined citizenship in some extraordinary ways since its inception.

With the incredible surge in popularity of online dating since its inception, countless niche communities have popped up.

It was this fact that destroyed the effort of the bear at the crisis of its inception.

And he has been involved in the Mind and Life Institute, the sponsor of the ISCS conference, from its inception.

These all commemorate, as it were, but the inception of the great discovery.

As Gordon explained: “MPAC has had a significant impact on the development of this project from its inception.”