be·gin·ning

(bĭ-gĭn′ĭng)

1. The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start: the beginning of the universe.

a. The time when something begins or is begun: the beginning of June.

b. The place where something begins or is begun: at the beginning of the road.

a. The first part: The front matter is at the beginning of the book.

b. often beginnings An early stage or phase: the beginnings of human life on this planet.

c. The source or cause: What was the beginning of the dispute?

Synonyms: beginning, birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise
These nouns denote the initial stage of a developmental process: the beginning of a new era in technology; the birth of the industrial economy; the dawn of civilization; the genesis of quantum mechanics; the nascence of classical sculpture; the rise and decline of an ancient city-state.

Antonym: end

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beginning

(bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ)

1. a start; commencement

2. (often plural) a first or early part or stage

3. the place where or time when something starts

4. an origin; source

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be•gin•ning

(bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ)

n.

1. an act of starting.

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

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

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

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

[1175–1225]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens casus belli - an event used to justify starting a war egress, emergence, issue - the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" inception, origination, origin - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events genesis, generation - a coming into being ground floor - becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor" emergence, outgrowth, growth - the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" start - the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" conception, creation - the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
	2.	beginning - 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" commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, start, kickoff, first birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" incipience, incipiency - beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" starting point, terminus a quo - earliest limiting point threshold - the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood" end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" middle - time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
	3.	beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" division, section, part - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" end - a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" middle - an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
	4.	beginning - 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" origin, source, root, rootage derivation - the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation" spring - a point at which water issues forth headspring, fountainhead, head - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" headwater - the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile" wellhead, wellspring - the source of water for a well jumping-off place, point of departure - a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco" place of origin, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" home - place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball" point source - a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted trail head, trailhead - the beginning of a trail point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
	5.	beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" commencement, start change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard - a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" activation - making active and effective (as a bomb) tone-beginning, attack - a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase establishment, constitution, formation, organisation, organization - the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" first appearance, introduction, debut, entry, launching, unveiling - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" face-off - (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players first step, opening move, initiative, opening - the first of a series of actions groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony - the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project housing start - the act of starting to construct a house icebreaker - a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he told jokes as an icebreaker" inauguration, startup - the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" founding, instauration, origination, initiation, innovation, creation, institution, introduction, foundation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" installation, installing, instalment, installment - the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" jump ball - (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate kickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score recommencement, resumption - beginning again scrum, scrummage - (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession startup - the act of setting in operation; "repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive"
Adj.	1.	beginning - serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" first opening - first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"

beginning

noun

1. start, opening, break (informal), chance, source, opportunity, birth, origin, introduction, outset, starting point, onset, overture, initiation, inauguration, inception, commencement, opening move Think of this as a new beginning.
start ending, end, closing, finish, conclusion, completion, termination

2. outset, start, opening, birth, onset, prelude, preface, commencement, kickoff (informal) The question was raised at the beginning of this chapter.

3. origins, family, beginnings, stock, birth, roots, heritage, descent, pedigree, extraction, ancestry, lineage, parentage, stirps His views come from his own humble beginnings.

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beginning

noun

1. The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence:

commencement, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, initiation, launch, leadoff, opening, origination, start.

Informal: kickoff.

2. The initial stage of a developmental process:

birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring, start.

3. A point of origination:

derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root, rootstock, source, spring, well.

adjective

1. Of, relating to, or occurring at the start of something:

inceptive, incipient, initial, initiatory, introductory, leadoff.

2. At or near the start of a period, development, or series:

early, first, initial.

3. Of or treating the most basic aspects:

basal, basic, elementary, rudimental, rudimentary.

Translations

بدايةبَدَايَةبِدايَه

začátek

begyndelse

Anfang Beginn Aufgang

αρχή έναρξη κατ' αρχάς

principio apertura comienzo

algusalustamine

alku

début commencement départ ébauche

početak

elejekezdet

byrjun

inizio insorgenza principio avvio

始め

시작

begin aanvang

begynnelse

początek

começo iniciar início princípio começar

начало

začetekizvor

början

การเริ่มต้น

başlangıç

khởi đầu

开始

beginning

[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ] N

1. [of speech, book, film etc] → principio m, comienzo m
at the beginning of → al principio de
at the beginning of the century → a principios de siglo
the beginning of the end → el principio del fin
right from the beginning → desde el principio
from beginning to end → de principio a fin, desde el principio hasta el final
in the beginning → al principio
to make a beginning → empezar

2. (= origin) → origen m
from humble beginnings → de orígenes modestos
Buddhism had its beginnings → el budismo tuvo sus orígenes ...
he had the beginnings of a beard → tenía un asomo de barba

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beginning

[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ]

n (= start) → commencement m, début m
in the beginning → au début
right from the beginning → dès le début
at the beginning of → au début de
at the beginning of August → début août, au début août
right from the beginning → d'emblée beginnings

npl
I had the beginnings of a migraine → Je commençais à avoir la migraine.

prep (= starting from) → à partir de
beginning Monday → à partir de lundi

beginning

(= act of starting) → Anfang m; to make a beginning → einen Anfang machen

(= place, of book etc) → Anfang m; (temporal also) → Beginn m; (of river) → Ursprung m; at the beginning → anfänglich, zuerst; at the beginning of something → am Anfang or (temporal also) → zu Beginn einer Sache (gen); the wedding will be at the beginning of July → die Hochzeit findet Anfang Juli statt; the beginning of time/the world → der Anbeginn or Anfang der Welt; in the beginning (Bibl) → am Anfang; from the beginning → von Anfang an; from the beginning of the week/poem → seit Anfang or Beginn der Woche/vom Anfang des Gedichtes an; read the paragraph from the beginning → lesen Sie den Paragrafen von (ganz) vorne; from beginning to end → von vorn bis hinten; (temporal) → von Anfang bis Ende; to start again at or from the beginning → noch einmal von vorn anfangen; to begin at the beginning → ganz vorn anfangen; the beginning of negotiations → der Beginn der Verhandlungen, der Verhandlungsbeginn

(= origin) → Anfang m; (of custom, movement) → Entstehen nt no pl; the shooting was the beginning of the rebellion → die Schießerei bedeutete den Beginn or Anfang der Rebellion; it was the beginning of the end for him → das war der Anfang vom Ende für ihn; his humble beginnings → seine einfachen Anfänge; from humble beginnings → aus einfachen Verhältnissen; Nazism had its beginnings in Germany → der Nazismus hatte seine Anfänge or seinen Ursprung in Deutschland; the beginnings of science → die Anfangsgründe der Naturwissenschaft

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beginning

[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ] n → inizio, principio
at the beginning of the century → all'inizio or al principio del secolo
right from the beginning → fin dal primo momento, fin dall'inizio
start at the beginning and tell me all about it → raccontami tutto (cominciando or a partire) dall'inizio
the beginning of the end → il principio della fine
to make a beginning → cominciare
the beginning of the world → le origini del mondo
Buddhism had its beginnings ... → il buddismo nacque or ebbe origine...

begin

(biˈgin) – present participle beˈginning: past tense began (biˈgan) : past participle begun (biˈgan) – verb

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

beˈginning noun

beˈginner noun

someone who is just learning how to do something. `Does he paint well?' `He's not bad for a beginner'.

to begin with

1. at first. I didn't like him to begin with, but now he's one of my best friends.

2. firstly. There are many reasons why I don't like her – to begin with, she doesn't tell the truth.

beginning

→ بَدَايَة začátek begyndelse Anfang αρχή principio alku début početak inizio 始め 시작 begin begynnelse początek começo начало början การเริ่มต้น başlangıç khởi đầu 开始

beginning

n. principio, origen, génesis.

At the beginning of June → na začátku června → i begyndelsen af juni → Anfang Juni → στις αρχές Ιουνίου → a principios de junio → Kesäkuun alussa → début juin → na početku lipnja → All'inizio di giugno → 六月の初めに → 유월 초에 → begin juni → i begynnelsen av juni → Na początku czerwca → no começo de junho → В начале июня → i början av juni → Haziran başında → Vào đầu tháng Sáu → 六月初