beginning
/bɪgˈɪnɪŋ/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
Noun
the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
Noun
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"
Noun
the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night'' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
Noun
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"
Noun
the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
Synonyms
commencement
first
get-go
kickoff
offset
origin
outset
root
rootage
showtime
source
start
starting time
More General Terms
change of state
division
happening
natural event
occurrence
occurrent
part
point
point in time
section
More Specific Terms
activation
attack
birth
birthplace
casus belli
conception
constitution
cradle
creation
debut
derivation
egress
emergence
entry
establishment
face-off
first appearance
first step
formation
foundation
founding
fountainhead
generation
genesis
ground floor
groundbreaking
groundbreaking ceremony
growth
head
headspring
headwater
home
housing start
icebreaker
inauguration
inception
incipience
incipiency
initiation
initiative
innovation
installation
installing
installment
instalment
instauration
institution
introduction
issue
jump ball
jumping-off place
jumping-off point
kickoff
launching
opening
opening move
organisation
organization
origin
origination
outgrowth
place of origin
point of departure
point source
provenance
provenience
recommencement
resumption
scrum
scrummage
spring
springboard
start
starting point
startup
terminus a quo
threshold
tone-beginning
trail head
trailhead
unveiling
wellhead
wellspring