"inception" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈsɛpʃən/ Audio: En-us-inception.ogg [US], en-au-inception.ogg [Australia] Forms: inceptions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛpʃən Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, perfect passive participle of incipiō (“I 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|la|inceptiō}} Latin inceptiō, {{m|la|inceptus}} inceptus, {{m|la|incipiō||I begin}} incipiō (“I begin”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inception (countable and uncountable, plural inceptions)
  1. The creation or beginning of something; the establishment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the creation or beginning of something): اِسْتِهْلَال (istihlāl) (Arabic), սկիզբ (skizb) (Armenian), սկզբնակետ (skzbnaket) (Armenian), начало (načalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), зараждане (zaraždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), inici [masculine] (Catalan), 开端 (kāiduān) (Chinese Mandarin), begyndelse [common-gender] (Danish), start [common-gender] (Danish), tilblivelse [common-gender] (Danish), aanvang [masculine] (Dutch), begin [neuter] (Dutch), eko (Esperanto), alku (Finnish), aloitus (Finnish), perustaminen (Finnish), commencement [masculine] (French), début [masculine] (French), დასაწყისი (dasac̣q̇isi) (Georgian), Anfang [masculine] (German), Beginn [masculine] (German), Einführung [feminine] (German), הַתְחָלָה (hatkhalá) [feminine] (Hebrew), kezdet (Hungarian), létrejötte (Hungarian), upphaf [neuter] (Icelandic), byrjun [feminine] (Icelandic), debutto [masculine] (Italian), inizio (Italian), principio [masculine] (Italian), inceptiō [feminine] (Latin), begynnelse (Norwegian), początek [masculine] (Polish), rozpoczęcie [neuter] (Polish), conceção [feminine] (Portuguese), concepção [feminine] (Portuguese), início (Portuguese), começo (Portuguese), început [neuter] (Romanian), нача́ло (načálo) [neuter] (Russian), отправная точка (otpravnaja točka) (Russian), исходное положе́ние (isxodnoje položénije) (Russian), počiatok (Slovak), vznik (Slovak), comienzo [masculine] (Spanish), inicio [masculine] (Spanish), encetadura [feminine] (Spanish), encentadura [feminine] (Spanish), incepción [feminine] (Spanish), början (Swedish), påbörjande (Swedish), start (Swedish), துவக்கம் (tuvakkam) (Tamil), başlama (Turkish), başlangıç (Turkish), iftitah [dated] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-inception-en-noun-buhYdsO4 Disambiguation of 'the creation or beginning of something': 99 1
  2. A layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inception-en-noun-9ORTi~me Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -ception, partial discharge inception voltage Related terms: incept, inceptive, inceptual, incipient, the get-go Coordinate_terms: conception

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          "roman": "isxodnoje položénije",
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          "ref": "2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books",
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    }
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Gary Grant et al., “Explorations in Mixed Reality with Learning and Teaching Frameworks: Lessons from Ludus and the Vulcan Academy”, in Vladimir Geroimenko, editor, Augmented Reality Games II: The Gamification of Education, Medicine and Art, page 117",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Farra A., What's Fate Got to Do With It?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books",
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      "word": "اِسْتِهْلَال"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "开端"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "aloitus"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dasac̣q̇isi",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "დასაწყისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Anfang"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Beginn"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "byrjun"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "debutto"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "principio"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inceptiō"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "begynnelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conceção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concepção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "início"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "começo"
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нача́ло"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "otpravnaja točka",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "отправная точка"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isxodnoje položénije",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "исходное положе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "počiatok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "vznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comienzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encetadura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encentadura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "början"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "påbörjande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "start"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tuvakkam",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "துவக்கம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "başlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "word": "başlangıç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the creation or beginning of something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "iftitah"
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    "Inception"
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}

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