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Word entry · 9 letters

inception

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"Beginning"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈsɛpʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ceiinnoptStarts with IEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

Word origin

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, perfect passive participle of incipiō (“to begin”).

Used in a sentence

  • From its inception, the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children.
  • My mother, at my inception, did not create that passionate lack of fear that is mine.
  • Utilizing a case register in Salford, England, Stein and Susser have studied inceptions of psychiatric illness […] Inceptions, defined as first episode of psychiatric care in a person's life, […]

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