inauguraladjective [ before noun ]
uk/ɪˈnɔː.ɡjə.rəl/us/ɪˈnɑː.ɡjə.rəl/An inaugural speech is the first speech someone gives when starting an important new job:
the president's inaugural address to the nation
An inaugural event is the first in a series of planned events:
the inaugural meeting of the archaeological society
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
First and firstly
- at first idiom
- begin
- debut
- first come, first served idiom
- firstly
- for starters idiom
- from the word go idiom
- in the first/second place idiom
- initial
- initially
- introduction
- opener
- place
- prefatory
- primary
- proto-
- starter
- to begin with idiom
- ur-
- word
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