nnoun.communicationan address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)Region:AmericaU.S.U.S.A.USUSAUnited StatesUnited States of Americathe States
Synset:inaugural address
Part Holonyms:inaugural inauguration
Hypernyms:address speech
Inherited Hypernyms:inaugural addressaddressspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe ceremonial induction into a positionSynset:inauguration
Examples:- the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration
Derivationally Related Form:inaugurate
Hypernyms:induction initiation installation
Inherited Hypernyms:inaugurationinitiationceremonyaffairsocial eventeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:inaugural inaugural address
adjadj.alloccurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or inductionExamples:- the President's inaugural address
- an inaugural ball
Antonyms:exaugural
Inherited Hypernyms:inaugural
adj satadj.allserving to set in motionSynset:first initiative initiatory maiden
Examples:- the magazine's inaugural issue
- the initiative phase in the negotiations
- an initiatory step toward a treaty
- his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
- the liner's maiden voyage
Antonyms:closing
Derivationally Related Form:initiate
Inherited Hypernyms:inaugural
Similar to:opening