inaugurate
To open or start something officially with a ceremony.
inaugurate in a sentence
- The mayor will inaugurate the new swimming pool by cutting a red ribbon.
- A famous author came to inaugurate our school library.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to inaugurate?
- Aconclude
- Bend
- Copen
- Dclose
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C: open. The other three mean the opposite of inaugurate.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to inaugurate?
- Abegin
- Blaunch
- Copen
- Dclose
Show the answer
D: close. The other three mean nearly the same as inaugurate.
Words that mean something similar
open, launch, begin
Words that mean the opposite
close, end, conclude
More words about time & change
- incessant: Never stopping.
- inevitable: Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.
- keepsake: A small object you keep to remember a person or a special time.
- lapse: A short slip or failure, or a period of time passing.
- latter: Being the second of two things or people just mentioned.
- leisure: The free time you have for resting and enjoying yourself.
- liable: Likely to do or to suffer something.
- linger: To stay somewhere longer than needed.
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