beginning
Meaning of beginning
noun
- 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 is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
That house is at the beginning of the street.
- To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
I began playing the piano at the age of five. Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.
- To be in the first stage of some situation
The program begins at 9 o'clock on the dot. I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun.
- To come into existence.
- Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
Information about beginning
- The plural form of beginning is: beginnings.
- Languages in which beginning is used:
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Hyphenation of beginning
be-gin-ning
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- beginning is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
beginning synonyms
Meaning first:
Meaning commencement:
commencement, first, outset, start, kickoff, showtime, offset
Meaning origin:
Meaning start:
Meaning :
commencing, starting, head, element, embryo, rudiment, commence, initiate, initial
beginning antonyms
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Translation of beginning
- German: Beginn, Anfang, Start, Quelle, Ursprung
- Italian: avvio, inizio, principio, origine, sorgente
- French: début, commencement, source, origine
- Spanish: inicio, principio, comienzo
- Portuguese: começo, início, princípio
Words that rhyme with beginning
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