beginning
- adjective
- /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/
- And as the light is beginning to go red, the group thins out.
Now I spy my little eye something beginning with L lamp.
- Now I spy my little eye something beginning with L lamp.
- So, you know, I'll do that on all that stuff beginning on day one.
Examples
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Well, it's it's beginning to scale up.
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And I think it's still, we're still beginning to understand, understand it.
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But the mind is only beginning to be addressed in that world.
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And these are already beginning to differ.
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So these are all some great reasons for beginning with Plato.
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So the problem is, is that beginning gardeners often use them wrong.
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What's it like to see this country slowly beginning to emerge back into public life?
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That's what happened in Holland, and we're seeing this beginning to happen in Massachusetts.
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The beginning of the project was filled with excitement and anticipation.
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At the beginning of the meeting, the manager outlined the agenda for the day.
Synonyms
Coming before all others in order, time, or importance
Happening at the start of something
Relating to the start of something new, like a leader taking office or a first event
About the first part that gives basic facts to beginners
Having a role that starts a process or event
Starting or introducing something new
Used at the beginning of an event or activity
Happening at the beginning of an event or period
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
Repetition of the same sound at the start of stressed words or syllables in a line of verse
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The adjective beginning also comes from the verb begin, so it means 'first' or 'starting'. That's why we call early chapters or remarks 'beginning' ones — they come at the start.