inaugurate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- launch, begin, commence, get under way, initiate, institute, introduce, set in motion
- invest, induct, install

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English Thesaurus: establish, set up, open, found, inaugurate, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧au‧gu‧rate /ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt, ɪˈnɔːɡjʊreɪt $ -ˈnɒː-/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of inaugurare, from augurare ( ⇒ augur); because the ceremony involved looking at signs of what might happen in the future]

1. to hold an official ceremony when someone starts doing an important job in government
inaugurate somebody as something
On 8 January 1959 de Gaulle was inaugurated as First President of the Fifth Republic.

2. to open a building or start an organization, event etc for the first time:
The Turner Prize was inaugurated in 1984.

3. formal if an event inaugurates an important change or period of time, it comes at the beginning of it:
The International Trade Agreement inaugurated a period of high economic growth.
—inauguration /ɪˌnɔːɡjəˈreɪʃən, ɪˌnɔːɡjʊˈreɪʃən $ ɪˌnɒː-/ noun [uncountable and countable]:
President Hoover’s inauguration

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inaugurate
verb
ADV. formally, officially The assembly was formally inaugurated on December 13.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

establish to start a company or organization, especially one that exists for a long time:
The company was established in 1899.
He established a new research centre in Dublin.
Most of the money will be used to establish local industries and mobilize the work-force.
set up to start a new company or organization. Set up is less formal than establish, and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English:
Kate and her partner are setting up their own printing business.
Dad set up as a builder in 1990 and now he employs over twenty men.
open to start a business that provides services to the public, such as a shop, restaurant, or hotel:
He opened his first restaurant in 1995.
They just opened a new supermarket on Van Nuys Boulevard.
found to start a company or an organization such as a school or a hospital, especially by providing the money for it – used about something that was started a long time ago:
Who originally founded the college?
The bank was founded 60 years ago in Munich.
inaugurate /ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt, ɪˈnɔːɡjʊreɪt $ -ˈnɒː-/ formal to start an organization with an official ceremony:
Twenty years after the airport was inaugurated, it introduced its first transatlantic flights.

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