[onlybeforenoun] (of an official speech, meeting, etc.) first, and marking the beginning of sth important, for example the time when a new leader or parliament starts work, when a new organization is formed or when sth is used for the first time:
the President's inaugural address * the professor's inaugural lecture * the inaugural meeting of the geographical society * the inaugural flight of the space shuttle
inaugural noun [C,usually sing.] (especially AmE):
the presidential inaugural in January
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