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beginning
noun
1 beginning
The event consisting of the start of something.
Polish: powstanie, utworzenie się
2 beginning
The time at which something is supposed to begin.
synonyms: commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time.
Roget 66:
beginning,
commencement,
opening,
outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation†;
introduction
etc.
(precursor)
64;
alpha,
initial;
inauguration,
debut,
le premier pas,
embarcation [Fr.],
rising of the curtain;
maiden speech;
outbreak,
onset,
brunt;
initiative,
move,
first move;
narrow end of the wedge,
thin end of the wedge;
fresh start,
new departure.
origin
etc.
(cause)
153;
source,
rise;
bud,
germ
etc.
153;
egg,
rudiment;
genesis,
primogenesis†,
birth,
nativity,
cradle,
infancy;
start,
inception,
creation,
starting point
etc.
293;
dawn
etc.
(morning)
125;
evolution.
title-page;
head,
heading;
van
etc.
(front)
234;
caption,
fatihah†.
entrance,
entry;
inlet,
orifice,
mouth,
chops,
lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon†,
door;
gate,
gateway;
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule;
propylaeum†;
skirts,
border
etc.
(edge)
231.
first stage,
first blush,
first glance,
first impression,
first sight.
rudiments,
elements,
outlines,
grammar,
alphabet,
ABC.
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Dutch: show Time, aanvang, begin, beginperiode, intrede, inval, opmaat
Polish: początek
3 beginning
The first part or section of something.
Dutch: proloog, voorspel
4 beginning
The place where something begins, where it springs into being:
— The Italian beginning of the Renaissance.
synonyms: origin, root, rootage, source.
Dutch: bron, begin, kiem, oerbron, oorsprong, origine, wortel
Polish: początek
5 beginning
The act of starting something:
— He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations.
synonyms: commencement, start.
Dutch: aanvang
Polish: zapoczątkowanie, danie początku, zainicjowanie
adjective
1 beginning
Serving to begin:
— The beginning canto of the poem.
synonym: first.
Roget 66:
beginning
etc.
v.;
initial,
initiatory,
initiative;
inceptive,
introductory,
incipient;
proemial†,
inaugural;
inchoate,
inchoative†;
embryonic,
rudimental;
primogenial†;
primeval,
primitive,
primordial
etc.
(old)
124;
aboriginal;
natal,
nascent.
first,
foremost,
leading;
maiden.
begun
etc.
v.;
just begun
etc.
v..
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Moby thesaurus: abecedarian, aboriginal, alpha, anlage, antenatal, anticipation, appearance, authorship, autochthonous, babyhood, basal, beginnings, birth, budding, childhood, coinage, commencement, conception, concoction, contrivance, contriving, cradle, creation, creative, creative effort, dawn, dawning, day, derivation, devising, earliness, early hour, early stage, elemental, elementary, embryonic, emergence, fabrication, fetal, first crack, first stage, foresight, formative, foundational, freshman year, fundamental, generation, genesis, gestatory, grass roots, ground floor, hatching, head, head start, improvisation, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inception, inceptive, inchoate, inchoation, inchoative, incipience, incipiency, incipient, incunabula, incunabular, infancy, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, invention, inventive, making do, mintage, nascence, nascency, nascent, natal, nativity, onset, opening, origin, original, origination, outset, outstart, parturient, parturition, postnatal, pregnancy, pregnant, prenatal, prevenience, prevision, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, prologue, provenience, radical, radix, readiness, rise, root, rudiment, rudimental, rudimentary, running start, setout, source, spring, sprout, start, stem, stock, taproot, time to spare, ur, very beginning, youth ... show more.
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