beginning

Roget category 66

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#66. Beginning

noun

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.

verb

begin, start, commence — conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter — set out etc. (depart) 293 — embark in — incept^†.
initiate, launch, inaugurate.
inchoate, rise, arise, originate.
usher in — lead off, lead the way — take the lead, take the initiative — head — stand at the head, stand first, stand for — lay the foundations etc. (prepare) 673 — found etc. (cause) 153 — set up, set on foot, agoing^†, set abroach^†, set the ball in motion — apply the match to a train — broach — open up, open the door to.
get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to — make a beginning, make a start.
handsel — take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf — break ground, break the ice, break cover — pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon — open fire, open the ball — ventilate, air — undertake etc. 676.
come into existence, come into the world — make one's debut, take birth — burst forth, break out — spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize.
begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo [Lat.].
begin again, begin de novo — start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.

adjective

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..

adverb

at the beginning, in the beginning, etc. n. — first, in the first place, imprimis [Lat.], first and foremost — in limine [Lat.] — in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy — from the beginning, from its birth — ab initio [Lat.], ab ovo [Lat.], ab incunabilis [Lat.], ab origine [Lat.].

phrase

let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em! — aller Anfang ist schwer [G.], dimidium facti qui coepit habet [Lat.] [Cicero]; omnium rerum principia parva sunt [Lat.] [Cicero].

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