INCEPTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does inception mean?
• INCEPTION (noun)
The noun INCEPTION has 1 sense:
1. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Familiarity information: INCEPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INCEPTION (noun)
Meaning:
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
inception; origination; origin
Hypernyms ("inception" is a kind of...):
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inception"):
germination (the origin of some development)
cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)
overture; preliminary; prelude (something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows)
emanation; procession; rise ((theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost)
