inauguralin‧au‧gu‧ral /ɪˈnɔːɡjərəl $ ɪˈnɒː-/ adjective [only before noun] 
Examples
the president’s inaugural address the inaugural lecture of the new Professor of American Literature2an inaugural event is the first in a planned series of similar events: the plane's inaugural flight the inaugural match of Major League Soccer—inaugural noun [countable] American English: More than 200,000 people attended Carter’s inaugural.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Over 500 people attended the inaugural ball.
- Professor Eston gave the inaugural lecture in 1860.
- The inaugural meeting drew a large audience.
- the governor's inaugural speech
- The theater's inaugural season will consist of three plays.
- A month of arguing in Florida did no favours to the organisers of the inaugural social whirl.
- Even if he did politely turn down Branson's parting offer of a seat on Virgin's inaugural flight - for obvious reasons.
- The inaugural ball gown was an emphatic announcement that the first lady was going to play the style game her way.
- The basis of their programme is clearly outlined in an inaugural lecture given by G. H. Bantock at Leicester in 1965.
- This Circle is the inaugural production of the Evidence Room's new space, and what a great space it is.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone's first performance, appearance, or speech► debut
Collocations someone's first public performance, especially in a play, a film or a sport: · "Little Man Tate" was Jodie Foster's directorial debut.debut for: · This is his debut for his new club, Manchester United.make your debut: · Charlie Chaplin made his film debut in 1913.
► premiere the first public performance of a play or film: · I've been invited to the premiere of the new Schliessman play.world premiere (=the first performance anywhere in the world): · Music-lovers gathered in Boston for the world premiere of Gershwin's opera, "Porgy and Bess".film/movie premiere: · "Singing in the Rain" begins with its stars attending a movie premiere.
► maiden: maiden voyage/flight/speech the first one that a particular ship, aircraft, or person makes: · The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.· Two jets crashed on their maiden flights last year.· The new prime minister admitted that her maiden speech had been too long.
► inaugural: inaugural lecture/address/speech etc one that an important person does or makes when they first start a new job: · The inaugural address drew a large audience.· Professor Eston gave the inaugural lecture in 1860.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody’s inaugural speech
1an inaugural speech is the first given by someone who is starting an important job: (=their first one in an important political job)· He said all the right things in his inaugural speech.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► address· She game her first inaugural address at the diocesan meeting held in Chester.· To be sure, an inaugural address is not the occasion for a president to list the details of his legislative agenda.· This is the same president who did not raise a single foreign policy issue in his second inaugural address.· They invited Ramsey to give the inaugural address.· Clinton repeated his call, made in his first inaugural address in 1993, for political reform.· The president closed the speech with a return to the racial healing theme of his Jan. 20 inaugural address.· The elaborate cycle was repeated numerous times as the inaugural address neared.
► ball· The inaugural ball gown was an emphatic announcement that the first lady was going to play the style game her way.· Some of the girls bought gowns for an inaugural ball.· National party leaders rewarded him with an invitation to the 1981 inaugural ball.
► committee· John Warner, R-Va., chairman of the inaugural committee.· As for providing a breakdown on the individual expenses this year, the inaugural committee is keeping its counsel.
► event· Jaruzelski was excluded from all the inaugural events.· But, she added, the company had undertaken to sponsor only the inaugural event.
► lecture· Shchapov was only one of the newly appointed professors whose inaugural lecture hinted at a political programme.· Kostomarov expressed an almost identical antipathy to the state in his inaugural lecture of November 1859.· The basis of their programme is clearly outlined in an inaugural lecture given by G. H. Bantock at Leicester in 1965.
► meeting· About 30 policemen and warders swapped stories during the inaugural meeting about discrimination and brutality in their services.· An inaugural meeting of the Merseyside Music Industry Association has been set up for tomorrow night.· I believe I quote from the minutes of our inaugural meeting.· An inaugural meeting to launch the group was held recently, where it was decided to approach knitters and weavers as well.· Chairman at the inaugural meeting, he attended Temple every night of the week and attended Nicholson once.
► speech· He gave a six-minute inaugural speech from the South Portico before a tightly packed audience.· Sure, he delivered a vacuous inaugural speech.· Great inaugural speeches generally have one memorable sound bite.
the president’s inaugural address the inaugural lecture of the new Professor of American Literature2an inaugural event is the first in a planned series of similar events: the plane's inaugural flight the inaugural match of Major League Soccer—inaugural noun [countable] American English: More than 200,000 people attended Carter’s inaugural.