inaugural

[ UK /ɪnˈɔːɡjʊɹə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɔɡɝəɫ, ˌɪˈnɔɡjɝəɫ/ ]

NOUN

an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
the ceremonial induction into a position
the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration

ADJECTIVE

occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction
an inaugural ball
the President's inaugural address
serving to set in motion
the initiative phase in the negotiations
his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
an initiatory step toward a treaty
the magazine's inaugural issue
the liner's maiden voyage

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How To Use inaugural In A Sentence

I. Elect and appoint the chairman or members of the presidium of inaugural meeting.
Despite the substantial contributions he had made to topology by this time, Brouwer chose to give his inaugural professorial lecture on intuitionism and formalism.
His first inaugural address went up to 45 per 1,000. The Times Literary Supplement
Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.
I chaired her inaugural meeting: health visitors, lawyers, saleswomen, cleaners, police officers; they all came. Times, Sunday Times
Columbia University has electronic archives of the inaugural addresses of the presidents.
And one of Australia's leading native Australian cuisine chefs will host the inaugural lemon myrtle recipe cook-off, and Howard will judge the bake-off, ‘she said.’
Jennifer Lopez, in a strapless dress and an upswept hairstyle, waved from a balcony to admirers on the floor of Union Station at the Latino Inaugural Gala on Sunday night. Life of the Party: Latin Flair in Washington - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
But most presidential inaugurals are not very good.
And so I wrote my own inaugural address and I had these kind of sempre Sousa marches I would play to rev myself up, and then I'd -- would go off and I would give this talk. Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and other Political Adventures

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