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Noun beginning has 5 senses
- beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
Antonyms: ending, conclusion, finish
--1 has particulars:
- beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset - 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"
--2 is a kind of point, point in time
Antonyms: middle, end, ending
--2 has particulars:
- beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
--3 is a kind of part, section, division
Antonyms: middle, end
- beginning, origin, root, rootage, source - 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"
--4 is a kind of point
--4 has particulars:
- beginning, start, commencement - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
--5 is a kind of change of state
--5 has particulars: | | springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure; activation; attack, tone-beginning; constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation; Creation; introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry; face-off; first step, initiative, opening move, opening; groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony; housing start; icebreaker; inauguration, startup; initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration; installation, installing, installment, instalment; jump ball; kickoff; resumption, recommencement; scrum, scrummage; startup |
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