inaugurate

inaugurate is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Invested with office; inaugurated. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Invested with office; inaugurated.
2. transitive verb. To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king.
3. transitive verb. To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc.
4. transitive verb. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.
5. transitive verb. To begin with good omens.
6. verb. be a precursor of

   "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

   Synonyms: introduce

7. verb. commence officially
8. verb. open ceremoniously or dedicate formally

Synonyms

introduce

Common word forms

inaugurated, inaugurates, inaugurating

Words from these letters

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