'Inception' definitions:
Definition of 'inception'
(from WordNet)
noun
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events [syn: origin, origination, inception]
Definition of 'Inception'
From: GCIDE
- Inception \In*cep"tion\, n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See Capable.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. --Rawle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Reception; a taking in. [R.] --Poe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inception'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babyhood,
- beginning,
- beginnings,
- birth,
- childhood,
- commencement,
- conception,
- constitution,
- cradle,
- derivation,
- effectuation,
- establishment,
- formation,
- foundation,
- fountain,
- freshman year,
- genesis,
- grass roots,
- head,
- inauguration,
- inchoation,
- incipience,
- incipiency,
- incunabula,
- infancy,
- installation,
- institution,
- materialization,
- nascence,
- nascency,
- nativity,
- organization,
- origin,
- original,
- origination,
- parturition,
- pregnancy,
- provenance,
- provenience,
- radical,
- radix,
- realization,
- rise,
- root,
- setting-up,
- source,
- stem,
- stock,
- taproot,
- well,
- wellspring,
- whence,
- youth