inception - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent eventsbeginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" germination - the origin of some development; "the germination of their discontent" cause - events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" prelude, overture, preliminary - something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" procession, emanation, rise - (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" |