inception

The time when something first begins or is created.

• The project has grown since its inception.
• She supported the plan from its inception.
• At its inception, the company had only three employees.

How to use it: since the inception of something (The team has changed since the inception of the project.)

Similar words: beginning, start, establishment

Opposites: end

Common phrases: since inception, from inception, inception of something

A situation where something appears inside another thing of the same kind, sometimes in several layers.

• A dream inside a dream is inception.
• The video inside another video created a funny kind of inception.
• They called the picture of a picture meme inception.

Similar words: nesting, recursion

Common phrases: dream inception, meme inception, inception inside something