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beginning


I - noun
1. the event consisting of the start of something (Freq. 18)
- the beginning of the war
Ant:
ending
Derivationally related forms:
begin
Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Hyponyms:
casus belli, emergence, egress, issue, origin,
origination, inception, genesis, generation, ground floor, outgrowth,
growth, start, creation, conception
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin (Freq. 8)
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Syn:
commencement, first, outset, get-go, start,
kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
Ant:
middle, end
Derivationally related forms:
kick off (for: kickoff), start (for: start)
Hypernyms:
point, point in time
Hyponyms:
birth, incipiency, incipience, terminus a quo, starting point, threshold
3. the first part or section of something (Freq. 6)
- 'It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
Ant:
middle, end
Derivationally related forms:
begin
Hypernyms:
part, section, division
4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being (Freq. 2)
- 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
Syn:
origin, root, rootage, source
Derivationally related forms:
root (for: rootage), root (for: root), originate (for: origin)
Hypernyms:
point
Hyponyms:
derivation, spring, fountainhead, headspring, head,
headwater, wellhead, wellspring, jumping-off place, point of departure, birthplace,
cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience, home, point source,
trail head, trailhead
5. the act of starting something (Freq. 2)
- he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
Syn:
start, commencement
Ant:
finish (for: start)
Derivationally related forms:
commence (for: commencement), start (for: start), begin
Hypernyms:
change of state
Hyponyms:
springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure, activation, attack,
tone-beginning, constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation,
introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry,
face-off, first step, initiative, opening move, opening, groundbreaking,
groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, startup, initiation,
founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation,
instauration, installation, installing, installment, instalment, jump ball,
kickoff, resumption, recommencement, scrum, scrummage
Instance Hyponyms:
Creation

II - adjective
serving to begin
- the beginning canto of the poem
- the first verse
Syn:
first
Similar to:
opening

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