beginning
/bi'giniɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The point in time or space at which something starts: The moment or place where something originates or commences.
- The first part or section of something: The initial portion of an event, process, or object.
- The act or process of bringing something into existence: The fact of starting something.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The beginning of the movie was very exciting.
- She has been working here since the beginning of the company.
- A good beginning is essential for a successful project.
Advanced Usage
- "from beginning to end": covering the entire duration or sequence of something.
- He read the book from beginning to end in one day.
- "the beginning of the end": the first sign or stage of something's failure or conclusion.
- Losing that key client was the beginning of the end for the small business.
Variants and Related Words
- Begin (v): to start or commence.
- Let's begin the meeting.
- Beginner (n): a person just starting to learn a skill or subject.
- The course is designed for complete beginners.
Synonyms
- Start: The point in time or space at which something begins.
- Commencement: The beginning of something.
- Origin: The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.
Related Phrases
- In the beginning: at the start; originally.
- In the beginning, the project had very little funding.
- Right from the beginning: from the very start.
- I knew right from the beginning that he was trustworthy.
Adjective
- serving to begin
- the beginning canto of the poem
- the first verse
Noun
- the act of starting something
- he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
- 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
- the first part or section of something
- `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
- 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
- the event consisting of the start of something
- the beginning of the war