beginning

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of doing that which begins anything

   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.

2. 2

   That which is begun

   That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

3. 3

   That which begins or originates something

   That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

   • What was the beginning of the dispute?
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   1. 4

      The initial portion of some extended thing.

      • The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
      • That house is at the beginning of the street.
   2. 5

      present participle and gerund of begin

      • He is beginning to read a new book.
   3. 6

      Being the first portion of some extended thing.

      • in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
      • in the beginning section of the course

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