'Beginning' definitions:

Definition of 'beginning'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
noun
The event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish]
noun
The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
noun
The first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle]
noun
The place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
noun
The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]

Definition of 'Beginning'

From: GCIDE
  • Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. & vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See Gin to begin.]
  • 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. [1913 Webster]
  • Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Beginning'

From: GCIDE
  • Beginning \Be*gin"ning\, n.
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. --Gen. i. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. [1913 Webster]
  • I am . . . the beginning and the ending. --Rev. i. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. [1913 Webster]
  • Mighty things from small beginnings grow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'beginning'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Beginning'