inception [in-sep-shuh n]
noun
1. beginning; start; commencement.
2. British.
a. the act of graduating or earning a university degree, usually a master's or doctor's degree, especially at Cambridge University.
b. the graduation ceremony; commencement.
3. (in science fiction) the act of instilling an idea into someone's mind by entering his or her dreams.
Can be confused
concept, conception.
Synonyms
1. origin, outset, source, root, conception.
Origin: 1375-1425; late Middle English incepcion < Latin inceptiōn- (stem of inceptiō), equivalent to incept (us) begun (see incept ) + -iōn- -ion
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