Beginning

[bɪ'gɪnɪŋ] or [bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ]

Definition

(noun.) the act of starting something; 'he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations'.

(noun.) the first part or section of something; '`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story'.

(noun.) the event consisting of the start of something; 'the beginning of the war'.

(noun.) the place where something begins, where it springs into being; 'the Italian beginning of the Renaissance'; 'Jupiter was the origin of the radiation'; 'Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River'; 'communism's Russian root'.

(noun.) the time at which something is supposed to begin; 'they got an early start'; 'she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her'.

(adj.) serving to begin; 'the beginning canto of the poem'; 'the first verse' .

Typed by Jerry--From WordNet

Definition

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begin

(n.) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

(n.) That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.

(n.) That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

(n.) Enterprise.

Edited by Ivan

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Commencement, outset, opening, start.[2]. Origin, source, rise.

Typed by Lena

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude,inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation

ANT:End, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion

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