be|gin|ning

be|gin|ning
be|gin|ning «bih GIHN ihng», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a start: »

The new clerk has made a good beginning.

SYNONYM(S): commencement, inception, onset, initiation.
2. the time when anything begins: »

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

 SYNONYM(S): outset.
3. the first part: »

I have enjoyed this book from beginning to end.

4. the first cause; source; origin: »

The idea of the airplane had its beginning with study of the flight of birds. Thy true…Beginning and Father is in Heaven (Thomas Carlyle).

 SYNONYM(S): genesis.
–adj.
that begins: »

Easy words are in the beginning lesson of the spelling book.

SYNONYM(S): incipient, inceptive.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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