beginning
1. beginning (n)
the act of starting something. "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations".
2. beginning (n)
the first part or section of something. "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story".
3. beginning (n)
the event consisting of the start of something. "the beginning of the war".
4. beginning (n)
the place where something begins, where it springs into being. "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance".
5. beginning (n)
the time at which something is supposed to begin.
Opposite meanings of beginning (Anytonyms)
finish, finish, finishing, finishing, middle, middle, end, end, conclusion, conclusion, ending, ending, finish, finish, middle, middle, end, end, ending, ending
Words derived from beginning
begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out, begin, commence, lead off, start, start, initiate, originate, start, commence, embark on, start, start up, start, take up, begin, start, begin, start, begin, start, begin, begin, commence, lead off, start, root, originate, begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out, begin, commence, lead off, start, initiate, originate, start, commence, embark on, start, start up, start, take up, inaugurate, kick off, begin, start
beginning is an instance of
change of state, division, part, section, happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, point, point, point in time
Word and things that fall within beginning
jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard, activation, attack, tone-beginning, constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization, debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling, face-off, first step, initiative, opening, opening move, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, startup, creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, installation, installing, installment, instalment, jump ball, kickoff, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, startup, casus belli, egress, emergence, issue, inception, origin, origination, generation, genesis, ground floor, emergence, growth, outgrowth, start, conception, creation, derivation, spring, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, wellhead, wellspring, jumping-off place, point of departure, birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience, home, point source, trail head, trailhead, birth, incipience, incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold
beginning consists of
Creation