MEANING
To mark the formal beginning of an institution, project, period, or term of office.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- inaugurate a program
- inaugurate a new era
On the page
The agreement inaugurated a period of closer cooperation.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- inaugurate
- Past tense
- inaugurated
- Past participle
- inaugurated
- Present participle
- inaugurating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- inaugurate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are inaugurating
- Present perfect
- have/has inaugurated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been inaugurating
- Past
- inaugurated
- Past continuous
- was/were inaugurating
- Past perfect
- had inaugurated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been inaugurating
- Future
- will inaugurate
- Future continuous
- will be inaugurating
- Future perfect
- will have inaugurated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been inaugurating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: inaugurate; inaugurates; inaugurated; inaugurated; inaugurating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, qualification. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: inaugurates.
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