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be·gin·ning
(bĭ-gĭn′ĭng)n.
1. The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start: the beginning of the universe.
2.
a. The time when something begins or is begun: the beginning of June.
b. The place where something begins or is begun: at the beginning of the road.
3.
a. The first part: The front matter is at the beginning of the book.
b. often beginnings An early stage or phase: the beginnings of human life on this planet.
c. The source or cause: What was the beginning of the dispute?
Synonyms: beginning, birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise
These nouns denote the initial stage of a developmental process: the beginning of a new era in technology; the birth of the industrial economy; the dawn of civilization; the genesis of quantum mechanics; the nascence of classical sculpture; the rise and decline of an ancient city-state.
These nouns denote the initial stage of a developmental process: the beginning of a new era in technology; the birth of the industrial economy; the dawn of civilization; the genesis of quantum mechanics; the nascence of classical sculpture; the rise and decline of an ancient city-state.
Antonym: end
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beginning
(bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ)n
1. a start; commencement
2. (often plural) a first or early part or stage
3. the place where or time when something starts
4. an origin; source
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be•gin•ning
(bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ)n.
1. an act of starting.
2. the point of time or space at which anything starts.
3. the first part: the beginning of the book.
4. Often, beginnings. an initial or rudimentary stage.
5. origin: That was the beginning of their quarrel.
[1175–1225]
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| Noun | 1. |  beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"casus belli - an event used to justify starting a war egress, emergence, issue - the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" inception, origination, origin - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events genesis, generation - a coming into being ground floor - becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor" emergence, outgrowth, growth - the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" start - the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" conception, creation - the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| 2. | beginning - 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" birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" incipience, incipiency - beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" starting point, terminus a quo - earliest limiting point threshold - the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood" end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" middle - time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April" | |
| 3. | beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" division, section, part - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" end - a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" middle - an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle | |
| 4. |  beginning - 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"derivation - the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation" spring - a point at which water issues forth headspring, fountainhead, head - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" headwater - the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile" wellhead, wellspring - the source of water for a well jumping-off place, point of departure - a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco" place of origin, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" home - place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball" point source - a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted trail head, trailhead - the beginning of a trail point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" | |
| 5. | beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard - a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" activation - making active and effective (as a bomb) tone-beginning, attack - a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase establishment, constitution, formation, organisation, organization - the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" first appearance, introduction, debut, entry, launching, unveiling - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" face-off - (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony - the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project housing start - the act of starting to construct a house icebreaker - a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he told jokes as an icebreaker" inauguration, startup - the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" founding, instauration, origination, initiation, innovation, creation, institution, introduction, foundation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" installation, installing, instalment, installment - the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" jump ball - (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate kickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score recommencement, resumption - beginning again scrum, scrummage - (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession startup - the act of setting in operation; "repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  beginning - serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"opening - first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" |
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beginning
noun
1. start, opening, break (informal), chance, source, opportunity, birth, origin, introduction, outset, starting point, onset, overture, initiation, inauguration, inception, commencement, opening move Think of this as a new beginning.
start ending, end, closing, finish, conclusion, completion, termination
start ending, end, closing, finish, conclusion, completion, termination
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
beginning
noun1. The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence:
commencement, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, initiation, launch, leadoff, opening, origination, start.
Informal: kickoff.
2. The initial stage of a developmental process:
3. A point of origination:
derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root, rootstock, source, spring, well.
1. Of, relating to, or occurring at the start of something:
3. Of or treating the most basic aspects:
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Translations
بدايةبَدَايَةبِدايَه
začátek
begyndelse
algusalustamine
alku
početak
elejekezdet
byrjun
始め
시작
začetekizvor
början
การเริ่มต้น
khởi đầu
beginning
[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ] N1. [of speech, book, film etc] → principio m, comienzo m
at the beginning of → al principio de
at the beginning of the century → a principios de siglo
the beginning of the end → el principio del fin
right from the beginning → desde el principio
from beginning to end → de principio a fin, desde el principio hasta el final
in the beginning → al principio
to make a beginning → empezar
at the beginning of → al principio de
at the beginning of the century → a principios de siglo
the beginning of the end → el principio del fin
right from the beginning → desde el principio
from beginning to end → de principio a fin, desde el principio hasta el final
in the beginning → al principio
to make a beginning → empezar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
beginning
[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ] n (= start) → commencement m, début m
in the beginning → au début
right from the beginning → dès le début
at the beginning of → au début de
at the beginning of August → début août, au début août
right from the beginning → d'emblée beginnings
in the beginning → au début
right from the beginning → dès le début
at the beginning of → au début de
at the beginning of August → début août, au début août
right from the beginning → d'emblée beginnings
npl
I had the beginnings of a migraine → Je commençais à avoir la migraine.
I had the beginnings of a migraine → Je commençais à avoir la migraine.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
beginning
n
(= place, of book etc) → Anfang m; (temporal also) → Beginn m; (of river) → Ursprung m; at the beginning → anfänglich, zuerst; at the beginning of something → am Anfang or (temporal also) → zu Beginn einer Sache (gen); the wedding will be at the beginning of July → die Hochzeit findet Anfang Juli statt; the beginning of time/the world → der Anbeginn or Anfang der Welt; in the beginning (Bibl) → am Anfang; from the beginning → von Anfang an; from the beginning of the week/poem → seit Anfang or Beginn der Woche/vom Anfang des Gedichtes an; read the paragraph from the beginning → lesen Sie den Paragrafen von (ganz) vorne; from beginning to end → von vorn bis hinten; (temporal) → von Anfang bis Ende; to start again at or from the beginning → noch einmal von vorn anfangen; to begin at the beginning → ganz vorn anfangen; the beginning of negotiations → der Beginn der Verhandlungen, der Verhandlungsbeginn
(= origin) → Anfang m; (of custom, movement) → Entstehen nt no pl; the shooting was the beginning of the rebellion → die Schießerei bedeutete den Beginn or Anfang der Rebellion; it was the beginning of the end for him → das war der Anfang vom Ende für ihn; his humble beginnings → seine einfachen Anfänge; from humble beginnings → aus einfachen Verhältnissen; Nazism had its beginnings in Germany → der Nazismus hatte seine Anfänge or seinen Ursprung in Deutschland; the beginnings of science → die Anfangsgründe der Naturwissenschaft
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
beginning
[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ] n → inizio, principioat the beginning of the century → all'inizio or al principio del secolo
right from the beginning → fin dal primo momento, fin dall'inizio
start at the beginning and tell me all about it → raccontami tutto (cominciando or a partire) dall'inizio
the beginning of the end → il principio della fine
to make a beginning → cominciare
the beginning of the world → le origini del mondo
Buddhism had its beginnings ... → il buddismo nacque or ebbe origine...
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
begin
(biˈgin) – present participle beˈginning: past tense began (biˈgan) : past participle begun (biˈgan) – verb to come or bring, into being, to start. He began to talk; The meeting began early.
beˈginning nounbeˈginner noun
someone who is just learning how to do something. `Does he paint well?' `He's not bad for a beginner'.
to begin with1. at first. I didn't like him to begin with, but now he's one of my best friends.
2. firstly. There are many reasons why I don't like her – to begin with, she doesn't tell the truth.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
beginning
→ بَدَايَة začátek begyndelse Anfang αρχή principio alku début početak inizio 始め 시작 begin begynnelse początek começo начало början การเริ่มต้น başlangıç khởi đầu 开始Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
beginning
n. principio, origen, génesis.
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