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Inauguration Day

noun

  1. the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.


Inauguration Day

noun

  1. the day on which the inauguration of a president of the US takes place, Jan 20
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Trump has been saying for a long time now that Netanyahu should “finish” the fighting in Gaza—not by signing a peace deal but by winning the war, and doing so quickly, preferably before Inauguration Day.

From Slate

For now, as we wait for Inauguration Day, there is nothing to do but rest for a moment.

From Slate

Experts say threats could continue even after ballots are counted, with tensions remaining high all the way until Inauguration Day.

But before Trump left for Florida on inauguration day, he hinted at what was to come.

From BBC

Many presidents in the past half-century have remarked, toward the end of their terms in office, that the country has just “one president at a time,” and that it would muddy the waters—and could even undermine U.S. policy—if an election’s winner started acting as if he were already in power during the two-and-a-half months before Inauguration Day.

From Slate

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