Vocabulary
Inauguration
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period.
Urdu meaning
افتتاحی، آغاز
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- On his inauguration, the presidential sash was conferred on him by the senator who had won the highestnumber of votes.
- This was evident in the fate of the Gaza ceasefire, which went into effect to coincide with Trump`s inauguration at his insistence, because he was keen to be seen as a peacemaker-president, despite Israeli reticence.
- Let their hatred of Aurangzeb remain intact if it helps them take a cursory look at the time the Europeans arrived on American shores three decades ahead of Babar`s inauguration as India`s first Mughal king.
- He not only excluded Modi from the list of predominantly right-wing invitees to his inauguration.
- India`s foreign minister attended the inauguration and got a seat in the front row.
Synonyms
initiation, institution, setting up, launch, establishment, foundation, founding, origination
Antonyms
demise, winding up, closure
Curator example
“the inauguration of an independent prosecution service”
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