Beginning meanings. All definitions of Beginning

countable noun beginning The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it. 3

noun plural beginning The beginnings of something are the signs or events which form the first part of it. 3

singular noun beginning The beginning of a period of time is the time at which it starts. 3

countable noun beginning The beginning of a piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it. 3

noun plural beginning If you talk about the beginnings of a person, company, or group, you are referring to their backgrounds or origins. 3

adjective beginning You use beginning to describe someone who is in the early stages of learning to do something. 3

noun beginning a start; commencement 3

noun beginning a first or early part or stage 3

noun beginning the place where or time when something starts 3

noun beginning an origin; source 3

noun beginning a starting or commencing 3

noun beginning the time or place of starting; birth; origin; source 3

noun beginning the first part 3

noun beginning an early stage or example 3

noun beginning start 1

noun beginning point or time when sth starts 1

noun beginning first stage of sth 1

noun beginning emergence 1

noun beginning an act or circumstance of entering upon an action or state: the beginning of hostilities. 1

noun beginning emergence 1

noun beginning the point of time or space at which anything begins: the beginning of the Christian era; the beginning of the route. 1

noun beginning origin 1

noun beginning the first part: the beginning of the book; the beginning of the month. 1

noun beginning origin 1

noun beginning Often, beginnings. the initial stage or part of anything: the beginnings of science. 1

noun plural beginning early stages 1

noun beginning origin; source; first cause: A misunderstanding about the rent was the beginning of their quarrel. 1

noun plural beginning early stages 1

adjective beginning just formed: a beginning company. 1

adjective beginning stages, phase: early 1

adjective beginning first; opening: the beginning chapters of a book. 1

adjective beginning not yet experienced 1

adjective beginning basic or introductory: beginning Spanish. 1

adjective beginning stages, phase: early 1

adjective beginning learning the fundamentals: a beginning swimmer. 1

verb without object beginning to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start: The story begins with their marriage. 1

verb without object beginning to come into existence; arise; originate: The custom began during the Civil War. 1

verb with object beginning to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of (some action): Begin the job tomorrow. 1

verb with object beginning to originate; be the originator of: civic leaders who began the reform movement. 1

verb with object beginning to succeed to the slightest extent in (followed by an infinitive): The money won't even begin to cover expenses. 1

noun beginning (Uncountable Noun) 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. 0

noun beginning That which is begun; a rudiment or element. 0

noun beginning That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. 0

noun beginning The initial portion of some extended thing. 0

verb beginning present participle of begin. 0

adjective beginning (Informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. 0

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