Definition of INCEPTION

Examples of inception in a Sentence

The project has been shrouded in controversy from its inception.
Since its inception, the business has expanded to become a national retail chain.
We'll assist you at every stage from inception to completion.

Recent Examples of inception from the Web

Since its inception, the children’s theater has grown to several productions and workshops annually, Duckworth said.

— kate stevens, charlotteobserver, "Mooresville’s own children’s theater group gets the stage set", 4 June 2017
Since the team's inception in 1993, the Marlins have never finished the season ranked higher than 26th out of 30 MLB teams in average attendance.

— marissa payne, chicagotribune.com, "Crowd of reportedly 1,590 shows up for Marlins-Phillies day game in Miami", 1 June 2017
Christened Wednesday morning at an announcement at the University of Chicago, the Parker Solar Probe has been on NASA’s docket since the space agency’s inception.

— eoin o'carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, "NASA's Parker Solar Probe: a mission six decades in the making", 1 June 2017
More than 400 homes have been given away since the program's inception.

— kadee krieger, NOLA.com, "St. Jude's New Orleans Dream Home is worth nearly $600k. One lucky winner will get the keys", 31 May 2017
The $1.3 billion investment firm Bienville Capital Management is giving capital back to investors in its Argentina fund after returning about 70 percent since its inception three years ago, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

— katia porzecanski, Bloomberg.com, "Bienville Said to Wind Down Argentina Fund After 70% Return", 31 May 2017
Separately on Friday, the Post reported that the Senate Intelligence Committee had asked the Trump campaign to preserve and produce all documents, emails, and phone records dating back to its inception in June of 2016.

— matt ford and adam serwer, The Atlantic, "Report: Jared Kushner Asked Kislyak for Use of Russian Communications Facilities", 26 May 2017
The festival served as a reminder, too, that several general tendencies in City Ballet choreography have endured since the company’s inception.

— alastair macaulay, New York Times, "Ballet After Balanchine: 3 Choreographers Lead the Way", 22 May 2017
The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ by Samsung bring the most notable redesign since the inception of the high-end product family back in 2010.

— stefan vazharov, Popular Mechanics, "Behold the Bezel-Less Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+", 18 Apr. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of inception

Middle English incepcion, from Latin inception-, inceptio, from incipere to begin, from in- + capere to take

First Known Use: 15th century

inception Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of inception

origin, source, inception, root mean the point at which something begins its course or existence. origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being. an investigation into the origin of baseball source applies more often to the point where something springs into being. the source of the Nile the source of recurrent trouble inception stresses the beginning of something without implying causes. the business has been a success since its inception root suggests a first, ultimate, or fundamental source often not easily discerned. the real root of the violence

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