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Inception
//ɪnˈsɛpʃən//
Synonyms for "inception" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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1 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِهْلَال noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Armenian
2 entries- սկզբնակետ noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- սկիզբ noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зараждане noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- начало noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Catalan
1 entries- inici noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 开端 noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Danish
3 entries- begyndelse noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- start noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- tilblivelse noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Dutch
2 entries- aanvang noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- begin noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Esperanto
1 entries- eko noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Finnish
3 entries- alku noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- aloitus noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- perustaminen noun (the creation or beginning of something)
French
2 entries- commencement noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- début noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Georgian
1 entries- დასაწყისი noun (the creation or beginning of something)
German
3 entries- Anfang noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- Beginn noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- Einführung noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַתְחָלָה noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Hungarian
2 entries- kezdet noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- létrejötte noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Icelandic
2 entries- byrjun noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- upphaf noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Italian
3 entries- debutto noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- inizio noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- principio noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Latin
1 entries- inceptiō noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Norwegian
1 entries- begynnelse noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Polish
2 entries- początek noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- rozpoczęcie noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Portuguese
4 entries- começo noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- concepção noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- conceção noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- início noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Romanian
1 entries- început noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Russian
3 entries- исходное положе́ние noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- нача́ло noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- отправная точка noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Slovak
2 entries- počiatok noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- vznik noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Spanish
4 entries- comienzo noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- encentadura noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- encentamiento noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- encetadura noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Swedish
3 entries- början noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- påbörjande noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- start noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Tamil
1 entries- துவக்கம் noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Turkish
3 entries- başlama noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- başlangıç noun (the creation or beginning of something)
- iftitah noun (the creation or beginning of something)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Matrix, Inception and Interstellar are my favorite movies.
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Have you seen the movie "Inception"?
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who’s been a major supporter of the Hult Prize since its inception in 2009, announced the winners.
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