beginning and ending
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- noun
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inicio y final
- Tick marks denote the beginning and ending of a year.
A morning that lasts a day, The beginning and end of May.
- A morning that lasts a day, The beginning and end of May.
- That is, in terms of stories beginning and end.
- Well, it's great when you can have a beginning and ending image that relate to one another.
Examples
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By beginning and ending the program with music, Bernstein gave members of the audience the opportunity to assess their own learning and to understand the importance of listening in the learning process.
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The beginning and ending of the meeting were clearly outlined on the agenda.
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When do travel insurance plans begin and end?
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Make sure the plan has a defined beginning and ending date, and make a date to meet again if the plan is not working.
Academic text (2004) -
Well, it's great when you can have a beginning and ending image that relate to one another.
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We just have the beginning and ending to do... and we're editing.
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Looking up the correct punctuation is the beginning and ending of the research I did for this.
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One could not have asked for a more poetic beginning and ending.
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For each set and haul of the net we recorded: beginning and ending times of setting and of hauling, estimated length of net set, sea and wind states, loran coordinates, and water depth.
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Harnessing the power of primacy and recency effects is within the capabilities of all music teachers as they plan the beginnings and endings of rehearsals and classes.
Academic text (2010)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a literal composition of 'beginning' (start) + 'and' (linking) + 'ending' (finish), so its meaning is directly derivable from the constituent words. This straightforward, cross-linguistically common coordination of start and finish makes the expression immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the individual words.
Etymology
Beginning and ending paints a simple picture: the first page is the beginning and the last page is the ending of a book. So it means the 'start' and the 'finish' of something.