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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the event consisting of the start of something;
- Example: "the beginning of the war"

2. the time at which something is supposed to begin;
- Example: "they got an early start"
- Example: "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
[syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset]

3. the first part or section of something;
- Example: "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story";

4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being;
- Example: "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
- Example: "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
- Example: "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
- Example: "communism's Russian root"
[syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]

5. the act of starting something;
- Example: "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
[syn: beginning, start, commencement]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to begin;
- Example: "the beginning canto of the poem"
- Example: "the first verse"
[syn: beginning(a), first]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beginning \Be*gin"ning\, 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.
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            In the beginning God created the heaven and the
            earth.                                --Gen. i. 1.
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   2. That which begins or originates something; the first
      cause; origin; source.
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            I am . . . the beginning and the ending. --Rev. i.
                                                  8.
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   3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
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            Mighty things from small beginnings grow. --Dryden.
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   4. Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings." --Shak.
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   Syn: Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset;
        foundation.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
   & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
   Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
   Gin to begin.]
   1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
      take rise; to commence.
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            Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
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   2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
      enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or
      state of being, or course of action; to take the first
      step; to start. "Tears began to flow." --Dryden.
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            When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beginning
    adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
           first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
    n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the
         beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending,
         finish]
    2: 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" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
       outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
       showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
    3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and
       stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
       end, middle]
    4: 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" [syn:
       beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
    5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
       beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start,
       commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]