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i-NORG-y-uh-r-uh-l/ɪˈnɔːɡjərəl/

Inaugural means marking the beginning of an important job, event, or institution: an inaugural lecture, an inaugural sitting. First is everyday; a launch film is comms, not an ethics signature.

Meaning

Marking the beginning of an important job, event, or institution.

Examples

• “An inaugural film still needs the ethics minute signed first.”
• “First is everyday. Opening is a cousin. A film is branding. A minute is a file. Sign first; then roll the camera.”

Good to know

Marking a formal beginning. Everyday: first. A film ≠ a signed minute.

Near in meaning

opening

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