inaugurating
Officially starting something
Inaugurating is beginning something formally or ceremonially.
A president is inaugurated into office; a building is inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting.
The word implies official commencement with some degree of pomp: The concert inaugurating the new symphony hall drew a capacity crowd.
More casually, inaugurating can simply mean starting something new: We're inaugurating a tradition of Sunday dinners.
Setting something in motion
- initiatingCausing to start
- commencingBeginning to happen
- startingInitiating an action
- openingGap or start
introducing · establishing · founding · pioneering · ushering · kickoff · debut · genesis
Official oath-taking ceremony
- oathFormal binding promise
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- unveilingAct of first revealing
dignitary · procession · fanfare · dais · lectern · platform · gala · festivity
Elected leader of nation
- officeProfessional work location
- termFixed period or word
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- tenureProtected employment status
mandate · transition · succession · power · authority · governance · head of state · chancellor
Ceremony naming a child
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- openingGap or start
- dedicatingCommitting to a purpose
- consecratingMaking officially holy
blessing · commissioning · naming · memorial · monument · building · bridge · ship
launching
Setting something in motion
- initiatingCausing to start
- commencingBeginning to happen
- startingInitiating an action
opening · introducing · establishing · founding · pioneering · ushering · kickoff · debut · genesis · onset
swearing-in
Official oath-taking ceremony
- oathFormal binding promise
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
unveiling · dignitary · procession · fanfare · dais · lectern · platform · gala · festivity · commemoration
president
Elected leader of nation
- officeProfessional work location
- termFixed period or word
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
tenure · mandate · transition · succession · power · authority · governance · head of state · chancellor · prime minister
christening
Ceremony naming a child
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- openingGap or start
- dedicatingCommitting to a purpose
consecrating · blessing · commissioning · naming · memorial · monument · building · bridge · ship · facility
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- pioneeringexploration, discovery, invention, founding, breakthrough
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
inauguratingdeposing
Removing from authority
ousting · dethroning · unseating · overthrowing · impeaching
inauguratingending
Final portion of something
concluding · closing · terminating · finishing · dissolving
inauguratingclosing
Final stage of something
shuttering · decommissioning · demolishing · abandoning · mothballing
- presidential inaugurationFormal assumption of executive office
- Inauguration DayStart of presidential term
- inauguration speechOration at office-taking ceremony