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beginning

beginning

1.0
Something that is at the first stage of a process
  • adjective
  • /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/
translation icon : inicial
  • And as the light is beginning to go red, the group thins out.

Now I spy my little eye something beginning with L lamp.

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Examples

  • Well, it's it's beginning to scale up.

  • And I think it's still, we're still beginning to understand, understand it.

  • But the mind is only beginning to be addressed in that world.

  • And these are already beginning to differ.

  • So these are all some great reasons for beginning with Plato.

  • So the problem is, is that beginning gardeners often use them wrong.

  • What's it like to see this country slowly beginning to emerge back into public life?

  • That's what happened in Holland, and we're seeing this beginning to happen in Massachusetts.

  • The beginning of the project was filled with excitement and anticipation.

  • At the beginning of the meeting, the manager outlined the agenda for the day.

Synonyms

first
vsbeginning
1.0

Coming before all others in order, time, or importance

focuses on serving to start or introduce rather than ranking or prominence
initial
vsbeginning
599 3.4

Happening at the start of something

serves to start or introduce rather than only existing at an early stage
inaugural
vsbeginning
  • Formal
58 6.5

Relating to the start of something new, like a leader taking office or a first event

is more general, applying to any start not limited to formal occasions
introductory
vsbeginning
35 3.9

About the first part that gives basic facts to beginners

focuses on starting an action rather than only acting as an entry part
initiatory
vsbeginning
1 8.4

Having a role that starts a process or event

serves to start or introduce rather than only signalling an early point
initiant
vsbeginning
  • Archaic
9.5

Starting or introducing something new

focuses on relation to the early phase of a process or period
starting
vsbeginning
1.0

Used at the beginning of an event or activity

serves to initiate or bring something into effect rather than only relating
opening
vsbeginning
1.0

Happening at the beginning of an event or period

serves to start or introduce rather than only appearing as the first element

Antonyms

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Last and cannot be changed or reversed

At the end of something that finishes it

Idioms

At the start of something

Compounds

The first and last parts of something

beginning rhyme
  • Literature
6.0

Repetition of the same sound at the start of stressed words or syllables in a line of verse

tone-beginning
  • Specialized
8.6

How a musical note begins, showing if it sounds clear or strong

How Early

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early
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middle
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late
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Surface Forms

beginning positive

Morphology

beginning = begin (transparent) = begin + ing

Formed as a present-participle/adjectival -ing form of 'begin', giving the sense 'initial' or 'serving to start'.

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.