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 Definitions of BEGINNING  [ɪˈgɪn ɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'BEGINNING' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) beginning
an act of starting.

2.  beginning
the point of time or space at which anything starts.

3.  beginning
the first part:
the beginning of the book.

4.  beginning
Often, beginnings. an initial or rudimentary stage.

5.  beginning
origin:
That was the beginning of their quarrel.

Etymology:  (1175–1225)

Definition of 'BEGINNING' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) beginning
the event consisting of the start of something
"the beginning of the war"

2. (noun) beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
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"

3. (noun) beginning
the first part or section of something
"`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

4. (noun) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
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"

5. (adj) beginning, start, commencement
the act of starting something
"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

6. (adj) beginning(a), first
serving to begin
"the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"


Definition of 'BEGINNING' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) beginning
an early part of a process or time
the beginning of the song; at the beginning of the semester; In the beginning I didn't like it.


Definition of 'BEGINNING' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) BEGINNING
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

2. (noun) BEGINNING
that which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source

3. (noun) BEGINNING
that which is begun; a rudiment or element

4. (noun) BEGINNING
enterprise

5.  BEGINNING
of Begin


Translation of 'BEGINNING' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to come or bring, into being, to start
He began to talk; The meeting began early.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aan die begin Arabic flag Arabic: بِدايَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: начало
Brazilian flag Brazilian: começo Czech flag Czech: začátek German flag German: der Anfang
Danish flag Danish: begyndelse Greek flag Greek: αρχή Estonian flag Estonian: algus
Farsi flag Farsi: آغاز؛ شروع Finnish flag Finnish: alku French flag French: commencement
Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַתְחָלָה Hindi flag Hindi: आरम्भ Croatian flag Croatian: početak
Hungarian flag Hungarian: kezdet Indonesian flag Indonesian: awal, mula Icelandic flag Icelandic: byrjun
Italian flag Italian: cominciare, iniziare Japanese flag Japanese: 始まり Korean flag Korean: 시작
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pradžia Latvian flag Latvian: sākums Malay flag Malay: permulaan
Dutch flag Dutch: begin Norwegian flag Norwegian: begynnelse Polish flag Polish: początek
Persian flag Persian: آغاز؛ شروع Pashto flag Pashto: پیل، شروع Portuguese flag Portuguese: começo
Romanian flag Romanian: început Russian flag Russian: начало Slovak flag Slovak: začiatok
Slovenian flag Slovenian: začetek Serbian flag Serbian: početak Swedish flag Swedish: början
Thai flag Thai: เริ่มแรก Turkish flag Turkish: başlangıç Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 開始
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: початок Urdu flag Urdu: شروعات ، آغاز Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phần đầu
Chinese flag Chinese: 开始

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