Crossword clues for inception
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inception \In*cep"tion\, n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See Capable.]
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Beginning; commencement; initiation.
--Bacon.Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay.
--Rawle. Reception; a taking in. [R.]
--Poe.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "beginning, starting," from Middle French incepcion and directly from Latin inceptionem (nominative inceptio) "a beginning, undertaking," noun of action from past participle stem of incipere "begin, take in hand," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + cipere comb. form of capere "take, seize" (see capable).
Wiktionary
n. The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
WordNet
n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events [syn: origin, origination]
Wikipedia
Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.
Inception is the debut album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner which was released on the Impulse! label in 1962. It features performances by Tyner with Art Davis and Elvin Jones.
Inception is a 2010 science fiction heist thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by Emma Thomas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious, and is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for a task seemingly-impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast additionally includes Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine.
After the 2002 completion of Insomnia, Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment about a horror film envisioning "dream stealers" based on lucid dreaming. Emphasizing on professional-scale experience, Nolan retired the project and instead worked on 2005's Batman Begins, 2006's The Prestige, and The Dark Knight in 2008. The treatment was revised over 6 months and was purchased by Warner in February 2009. Inception was filmed in six countries, beginning in Tokyo in June 19 and ending in Canada in November 22. Its official budget was US$160 million, split between Warner Bros and Legendary. Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark Knight helped secure the film's $100 million in advertising expenditure.
Inceptions première was held in London on July 8, 2010; its wide release to both conventional and IMAX theaters began on July 16, 2010. A box office success, Inception has grossed over $800 million worldwide. The home video market also had strong results, with $68 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales. Inception opened to acclaim from critics, who praised its story, score, and ensemble cast. It won four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for four more: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Screenplay.
Inception is a 2010 film directed by Christopher Nolan.
Inception may also refer to:
- Inception (Download album), a 2002 industrial album
- Inception (McCoy Tyner album), a 1962 piano jazz album
- Inception: Music from the Motion Picture, the soundtrack to the 2010 film
- The Inception (WWA), a 2001 wrestling event
- Inception, a 1991 novel by W. A. Harbinson
- Inception (Star Trek novel), a 2010 novel by S. D. Perry and Britta Dennison
Usage examples of "inception".
The accompanying illustration shows the condition of the limb of a girl of twenty-one, the subject of lymphedema, five years after the inception of the disease.
Almost from the first inception of the missions, the Jesuits found themselves in the strange position of, though being hated by the Spanish settlers, yet recurred to as mediators when any of the wild tribes proved too powerful for the Spanish arms.
Church, from its inception, was how to deal with a complex of literal-concrete myths that it had inherited and to which it owed a certain allegiance.
Then, after they talked for a few minutes, he requested a detailed report of the entire plans for Islas Piedras from its inception to ensure he had been given full access to all information prior to giving his approval.
From its inception it has purported, by exaggeration and anticipation, to predict our futures, to preimagine or prefigure them for us.
After the war, boundaries between diverse groups were further weakened by the inception of new radio networks, motion pictures, and national advertisements for the booming consumer culture.
Rhysling Awards for science fiction poetry, voted on by members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, have been given continuously since their inception in 1978.
I am convinced that most men die without ever having thought, in the proper sense of the word, not so much for want of wit or of good sense, but rather because the shock necessary to the reasoning faculty in its inception has never occurred to them to lift them out of their daily habits.
And I wonder if that may not be the reason why, in certain Oriental cities one can feel, even today, that one is moving in a dream: the city is dreamlike because in its inception it was actually suggested by a dream, which then was rerendered in stone.
Iraq has also worked hard to give Egypt a stake in the erosion of sanctions by directing large numbers of expensive oil-for-food contracts to Egyptian firms such that Egypt has typically been among the top five countries in terms of contracts since the inception of the oil-for-food program.
And as the ends and ultimates of all things accord in some mean and measure with their inceptions and originals, that same multiplicit concordance which leads forth growth from birth accomplishing by a retrogressive metamorphosis that minishing and ablation towards the final which is agreeable unto nature so is it with our subsolar being.
Sometime later they were talking as chummily as if the Colonel's chain had not obstructed the Moon venture since its inception.
A member of the politburo with the confidence of, President Jien Zenim, he was also the Chief Executive Officer of the largest shipping company in the world, which he had personally managed the growth of since its inception.
He was, Ham happened to know, endeavoring to perfect a selective germicidal disinfecting agent which would be effective in epithelial tissue, where a certain type of cancer was its inception.
From which could follow the seduction of peoples, the inception of new sects, and many other impieties that subvert the Church and Catholics.