beginning
∞
1.0
- noun
- /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/
- Then, I will start at the beginning and tell you the story that goes with the pictures.
- just the beginning
- the very beginning
- a new beginning
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeAnd that was that was the beginning of another Rd.
- And that was that was the beginning of another Rd.
- And from from the beginning, she saw red flags.
- And I find myself going back to the beginning, back to my roots.
- Trans people have existed since the beginning of our species.
- And I mentioned at the beginning, this is about deceit.
- OK, so I mean, it was the beginning of the end.
- What I said at the beginning, throughout all that.
- So that's kind of kind of the beginnings of phenomenology.
- It's not the one at the beginning, it's this last part.
- We're back to the beginning at the end.
- And that is called New Beginning by Peter Sandberg.
Examples
-
I feel like this is the beginning of a new chapter.
-
This is the beginning of the end.
-
That was the beginning of the Angel Network.
-
Like at the beginning, when we first got our powers.
-
So then we took it over right at the beginning of the pandemic.
-
And I find myself going back to the beginning, back to my roots.
-
Miss Campbell, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
-
The teacher modeled the entire writing process at the beginning of the unit.
Academic text (2011) -
The beginning of the 13th century was a time of turmoil.
-
That was the beginning of a new era in technology.
Synonyms
∞
2.6
A place or thing where something comes from
∞
1.0
The time or place when something begins
366
2.7
The place where something begins, for example a country
358
1.0
The first part that marks the start of something, for example a ceremony
344
3.1
The place or cause where something begins
78
3.0
A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action
61
3.9
The beginning of something, especially the first part
54
6.9
The very start of an activity or project
37
6.2
The time when something first begins
31
3.7
The official start of an event or activity
27
7.6
The start of something and how it began
20
4.7
The act of beginning something such as a project
13
3.4
The act of starting a machine, process, or system
11
1.8
The planned time when something begins
9
4.4
The start of something, for example an event or action
5
6.3
The time when something begins or is made
1
3.2
The first moment when a race or event begins
1
3.5
The beginning of something or the first sound in a syllable
1
9.6
The place where something begins
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
1
6.0
Repetition of the same sound at the start of stressed words or syllables in a line of verse
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beginning comes from the simple verb begin, which grew from an old word meaning 'to start' or 'open'. So the beginning is the first part or the start of something, like the first page of a book.