inaugural
of or relating to an inauguration: Harding's inaugural address.
marking the beginning of a new venture, series, etc.: the inaugural run of the pony express.
an address, as of a president, at the beginning of a term of office.
an inaugural ceremony: to attend the presidential inaugural.
Origin of inaugural
1Other words from inaugural
- post·in·au·gu·ral, adjective
- pre·in·au·gu·ral, adjective
Words that may be confused with inaugural
- inaugural , inauguration
Words Nearby inaugural
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How to use inaugural in a sentence
The 46th president spoke of school reopenings in his inaugural address and later said he would like to see most K-8 schools reopen during his first 100 days in office.
Virginia governor calls on all schools in state to reopen by March 15 | Hannah Natanson | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostOut of the 60 women that applied for exclusive mentorship programs, three inaugural winners were chosen to receive a Cantu-sponsored campaign valued at $160,000.
Cantu Beauty Announces Winners of Elevate Workshop Series | Nandi Howard | February 5, 2021 | Essence.comThe company is targeting this year for New Glenn’s inaugural launch.
Blue Origin could definitely use more Jeff Bezos in the next decade | Neel Patel | February 4, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe funding actually marked BTV’s first investment in a cohort member of its inaugural accelerator program.
TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’ | Mary Ann Azevedo | February 2, 2021 | TechCrunchKeren Taylor sobbed when she saw Gorman leave the inaugural stage.
Amanda Gorman learned the power of poetry early on | Los Angeles Times | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post
On June 18, 1971, the caucus threw its inaugural dinner at the Dunbar Hotel.
When Bill Cosby N-Bombed the Congressional Black Caucus | Asawin Suebsaeng | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists” said Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural.
Didn't Obama Hear Oregon’s Warning Shot on Immigration? | Doug McIntyre | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThomas Jefferson also warned in his first inaugural that not “every difference of opinion is a difference of principle.”
Didn't Obama Hear Oregon’s Warning Shot on Immigration? | Doug McIntyre | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhich brings us to FDR's first inaugural speech assertion that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time! | Gene Robinson | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRichard Blanco made waves in 2013 when he was the first immigrant, Latino, and openly gay man to be the inaugural poet.
Richard Blanco’s Gay Latino Poet Survival Kit | William O’Connor | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST(p. 362) Two years passed, and Abraham Lincoln gave utterance to other sentiments in his second inaugural address to the people.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.One sentence in his inaugural address provoked derision: "We are at peace with all the world and the rest of mankind."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonNo possible argument, however, can reconcile these inaugural principles with the Kentucky resolutions.
Nullification, Secession Webster's Argument and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Caleb William LoringThe "penitentiarying" of Newt himself had been only the inaugural of more sweeping and hateful innovations.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckLife is movement, cried Alois von Brinz, in his magnificent inaugural address.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
British Dictionary definitions for inaugural
/ (ɪnˈɔːɡjʊrəl) /
characterizing or relating to an inauguration
a speech made at an inauguration, esp by a president of the US
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