- The act of doing that which begins anything;
commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being
or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of
acts or states. - That which begins or originates something; the first
cause; origin; source. - That which is begun; a rudiment or element. - Enterprise.
2 . Beginning
[ p. pr. & vb. n.]
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Meaning of 'Beginning' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . beginning
[ n]
Meaning (1): - the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Example in sentence:
communism's Russian root;
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation;
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River;
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Meaning (2): - the act of starting something
Example in sentence:
he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
Meaning (3): - the time at which something is supposed to begin
Example in sentence:
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her;
they got an early start
Meaning (4): - the event consisting of the start of something
Example in sentence:
the beginning of the war
Meaning (5): - the first part or section of something
Example in sentence:
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story