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inception
CEFRC1
/ɪnˈsɛpʃən/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The beginning of something.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself.
Examples
Matrix, Inception and Interstellar are my favorite movies.
Tatoeba's popularity has been growing exponentially since the day of its inception.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningThe creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
More examples
In contextFrom its inception, the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children.
To fill up Liberia with an ignorant, inexperienced, half-barbarized race, just escaped from the chains of slavery, would be only to prolong, for ages, the period of struggle and conflict which attends the inception of new enterprises.
My mother, at my inception, did not create that passionate lack of fear that is mine.
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Origin
noun
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, perfect passive participle of incipiō (“to begin”). The layering sense derives from the 2010 science fiction film Inception, in which a team of people infiltrate someone’s subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams with the goal of causing someone to incept an idea.