| beginning | (n) the event consisting of the start of something, Ant. ending, Example: the beginning of the war |
| beginning | (n) the time at which something is supposed to begin, Syn. commencement, starting time, start, kickoff, offset, first, get-go, showtime, outset, Ant. end, middle, Example: they got an early start; she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her |
| beginning | (n) the first part or section of something, Ant. end, middle, Example: `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story |
| beginning | (n) the place where something begins, where it springs into being, Syn. origin, root, source, rootage, Example: 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 |
| beginning | (n) the act of starting something, Syn. start, commencement, Ant. finish, Example: he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations |
| beginning | (adj) serving to begin, Syn. first, Example: the beginning canto of the poem; the first verse |
| Beginner | n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ] A sermon of a new beginner. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Beginning | n. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ] I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ] Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Beginn { m }; Inkrafttreten { n } | inception [Add to Longdo] |
| Beginn { m }; Anfang { m }; Anbruch { m }; Einführung { f } | advent [Add to Longdo] |
| beginnt wieder | reconvenes [Add to Longdo] |
| beginnen; anfangen | beginnend; anfangend | begonnen; angefangen | beginnt | begann | to commence | commencing | commenced | commences | commenced [Add to Longdo] |
| beginnen | beginnend | beginnt | to initiate | initiating | initiates [Add to Longdo] |
| beginnen; aufbrechen (nach) | to start (for) [Add to Longdo] |
| beginnt wieder | recommences [Add to Longdo] |
| 緒 | [しょ, sho] BEGINN [Add to Longdo] |