inaugurate

/ɪˈnɔːgjəreɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

CEREMONY › to have a ceremony to celebrate an important person starting a new job, a new building opening, etc

törenle göreve başlamak; göreve başlama töreni yapmak

Ronald Reagan was inaugurated in 1981.821437

START formal › to start a new system or organization

törenle açmak

He inaugurated a programme to fight tuberculosis.821865

inauguration

/ɪˌnɔːgjəˈreɪʃən/ noun [C, U] ›

açılış töreni

the inauguration of the Lord Mayor

(Definition of inaugurate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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