inaugural
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French inaugural, from inaugurer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin augurare (“to take omens”).
Adjective
inaugural (not comparable)
- Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
- 2008 August 21, Cape Times, p. 21:
- The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm.
- 2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1], London, page R11:
- In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.
- 2008 August 21, Cape Times, p. 21:
- Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
- 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.
Translations
of inauguration
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marking a beginning
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Noun
inaugural (plural inaugurals)
- An inauguration; a formal beginning.
- The inaugural of the President will take place in March.
- A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
- 2009, Teddy Davis, ABC News on March 13, 2009.
- In his inaugural, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'.
- 2009, Teddy Davis, ABC News on March 13, 2009.
Translations
an inauguration
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formal speech
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Portuguese
Adjective
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- being a first occurrence or event
- occurring during an inauguration
Spanish
Adjective
inaugural m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaugurales)