begining

Noun

beginning (countable and uncountable, plural beginnings)

1. (uncountable) 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.

   Synonyms:

   commencing, start, starting, genesis

2. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

   Synonyms:

   element, embryo, rudiment

3. That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
   • What was the beginning of the dispute?

   Synonyms:

   origin, source, start, commencement

4. The initial portion of some extended thing.
   • The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.

   Synonyms:

   head, start, morning

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