(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
n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
