Definitions for Beginning
bɪˈgɪn ɪŋbe·gin·ning

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. beginningnoun

   the event consisting of the start of something

   "the beginning of the war"

2. 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"

3. beginningnoun

   the first part or section of something

   "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

4. 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"

5. beginning, start, commencementadjective

   the act of starting something

   "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

6. beginning(a), firstadjective

   serving to begin

   "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. beginningnoun

   That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

3. beginningnoun

   That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.

4. beginningnoun

   The initial portion of some extended thing.

5. beginningadjective

   Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing

6. Etymology: Verbal noun of begin.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beginningnoun

   Etymology: from begin.

   1. The first original or cause.

   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.

   2. The entrance into act, or being.

   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.

   3. The state in which any thing first is.

   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.

   4. The rudiments, or first grounds or materials.

   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.

   5. The first part of any thing.

   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(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Beginning

   of Begin

2. 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

3. Beginningnoun

   that which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source

4. Beginningnoun

   that which is begun; a rudiment or element

5. Beginningnoun

   enterprise

Matched Categories

1. • Happening
   • Part
   • Point

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Beginning' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1592

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Beginning' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1020

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Beginning' in Nouns Frequency: #608

How to pronounce Beginning?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beginning in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beginning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Beginning in a Sentence

1. Hillary Clinton:

   States are beginning to pull back from either applying the death penalty or narrowing the scope of the cases where it can be applied.

2. Rayshard Brooks:

   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.

3. Draymond Green:

   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.

4. Rachel Kowert:

   As humans we have been playing since the beginning of time. This is an extension of that, through technology.

5. Matshidiso Moeti:

   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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