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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | beginning, first | Serving to begin |
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| NOUN | 1 | beginning | The event consisting of the start of something |
| 2 | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset | The time at which something is supposed to begin | |
| 3 | beginning | The first part or section of something | |
| 4 | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | The place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
| 5 | beginning, start, commencement | The act of starting something |
| Sounds | bihgih'nihng |
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| Rhymes | abducting, abiding, abounding, and 2057 more rhymes in ihng... |
| Meaning | Serving to begin. |
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| Examples | "the beginning canto of the poem" |
| Synonyms | first |
| Similar to | opening |
| Meaning | The event consisting of the start of something. |
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| Examples | "the beginning of the war" |
| Contrary | ending, conclusion, finish |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event |
| Narrower | casus belli; emergence, egress, issue; origin, origination, inception; genesis, generation; ground floor; emergence, outgrowth, growth; start; creation, conception |
| Verbs | begin |
| Meaning | The time at which something is supposed to begin. |
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| Synonyms | commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset |
| Contrary | middle; end, ending |
| Broader | point, point in time |
| Narrower | birth; incipiency, incipience; terminus a quo, starting point; threshold |
| Meaning | The first part or section of something. |
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| Examples | "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" |
| Contrary | middle; end |
| Broader | part, section, division |
| Verbs | begin |
| Meaning | The place where something begins, where it springs into being. |
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| Examples | "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance" |
| Synonyms | origin, root, rootage, source |
| Broader | point |
| Narrower | derivation; spring; fountainhead, headspring, head; headwaters; wellhead, wellspring; jumping-off place, point of departure; birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience; home; point source; trail head, trailhead |
| Meaning | The act of starting something. |
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| Examples | "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| Synonyms | start, commencement |
| Contrary | finish, finishing |
| Broader | change of state |
| Narrower | springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure; activation; attack, tone-beginning; constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation; introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry; face-off; first step, initiative, opening move, opening; groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony; housing start; icebreaker; inauguration, startup; initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration; installation, installing, installment, instalment; jump ball; kickoff; resumption, recommencement; scrum, scrummage; startup |
| Instances | Creation |
| Verbs | begin |
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