beginning

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Synonyms: begining, begiving, binning, rebeginning, ginning, beginnings, begirding, benning, unbeginning

Antonyms: begining, begiving, binning, rebeginning, ginning, beginnings, begirding, benning, unbeginning

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Noun

1. 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. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
3. That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
   • What was the beginning of the dispute?
4. The initial portion of some extended thing.
   • The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
   • That house is at the beginning of the street.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of begin
   • He is beginning to read a new book.

Adjective

1. Being the first portion of some extended thing.
   • in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
   • in the beginning section of the course

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