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"
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Definition of 'beginning' 
