What does Beginning mean?
Definitions for Beginning
bɪˈgɪn ɪŋbe·gin·ning
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Beginning.
Princeton's WordNet
beginningnoun
the event consisting of the start of something
"the beginning of the war"
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offsetnoun
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"
beginningnoun
the first part or section of something
"`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun
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"
beginning, start, commencementadjective
the act of starting something
"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
beginning(a), firstadjective
serving to begin
"the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
Wiktionary
beginningnoun
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.
beginningnoun
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
beginningnoun
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
beginningnoun
The initial portion of some extended thing.
beginningadjective
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing
Etymology: Verbal noun of begin.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beginningnoun
Etymology: from begin.
Wherever we place the beginning of motion, whether from the head or the heart, the body moves and acts by a consent of all its parts. Jonathan Swift.
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offering. Numbers, x. 10.
Youth, what man’s age is like to be, doth show;
We may our end by our beginning know. John Denham.By viewing nature, nature’s handmaid, art
Makes mighty things from small beginnings grow:
Thus fishes first to shipping did impart,
Their tail the rudder, and their head the prow. Dryden.The understanding is passive; and whether or not it will have these beginnings, and materials of knowledge, is not in its own power. John Locke.
The causes and designs of an action, are the beginning; the effects of these causes, and the difficulties that are met with in the execution of these designs, are the middle; and the unravelling and resolution of these difficulties, are the end. Alexander Pope, on Epick Poetry.
Webster Dictionary
Beginning
of Begin
Beginningnoun
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
Beginningnoun
that which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source
Beginningnoun
that which is begun; a rudiment or element
Beginningnoun
enterprise
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Beginning' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1592
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Beginning' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1020
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Beginning' in Nouns Frequency: #608
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Beginning in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Beginning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Beginning in a Sentence
States are beginning to pull back from either applying the death penalty or narrowing the scope of the cases where it can be applied.
The first tragedy is that we lost an 8-year-old girl, the second tragedy is it was preventable, and what we've learned in our discovery from the beginning of this case is there was opportunity after opportunity and notice after notice... to do something about this and they failed to do that.
I can kind of tell when he comes out, just the look in his eyes, attacking from the beginning, what type of night it’s going to be for him. He’s had that a lot lately. Hopefully, we can continue to help him and turn that into wins.
As humans we have been playing since the beginning of time. This is an extension of that, through technology.
It is evident that two or three months earlier, some cases of hemorrhagic fever and some deaths occurred, work is underway to determine the beginning of this epidemic.
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Translations for Beginning
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- بدايةArabic
- пачатакBelarusian
- източник, наченки, началоBulgarian
- començament, inici, principiCatalan, Valencian
- počátek, začátekCzech
- startenDanish
- Beginn, Angefangene, Anfang, BegonneneGerman
- αρχή, αρχίGreek
- komencoEsperanto
- inicio, principio, comienzo, comenzandoSpanish
- algus, alustamineEstonian
- alku, alkaminen, alkuosaFinnish
- début, ébauche, commencementFrench
- ag tosúIrish
- toiseachScottish Gaelic
- principio, inicio, comezo, empezoGalician
- התחלהHebrew
- kezdet, elejeHungarian
- սկզբնապատճառ, սկիզբArmenian
- comenciamentoInterlingua
- awalIndonesian
- byrjunIcelandic
- inizioItalian
- מתחילHebrew
- 到来, 発端, 始まり, 開始, 起源Japanese
- 시작, 始作, 처음Korean
- سهرهتایی, دهستپێکردنKurdish
- initium, principiumLatin
- pradžia, pradėjimas, debiutasLithuanian
- почетокMacedonian
- തുടക്കം, ആരംഭംMalayalam
- begynnelseNorwegian
- begin, aanvangDutch
- begynnelseNorwegian
- początekPolish
- começo, gerador, princípio, originador, inícioPortuguese
- prinzipi, entschatta, antschatta, antscheataRomansh
- început, debut, inițiere, începere, startRomanian
- начало, источникRussian
- početak, почињање, počinjanje, почетакSerbo-Croatian
- počiatok, začiatokSlovak
- izvor, začetek, pričetekSlovene
- orsak, begynnelse, upphov, början, bSwedish
- தொடங்கிTamil
- ప్రారంభం, మొదలుTelugu
- başlanan, iptida, başlangıçTurkish
- початокUkrainian
- phần đầu, bắt đầuVietnamese
- kimince, kiminçmintWalloon
- 開始Chinese
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