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beginnings

beginnings is the plural of beginning.

Meaning of beginning

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.
  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?
  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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Questions about beginnings

What is beginnings the plural of?
Beginnings is the plural of beginning.

Words near beginnings in the dictionary

  1. beginning of the end
  2. beginning with the chucky
  3. beginningless
  4. beginninglessness
  5. beginningly
  6. beginnings
  7. begins
  8. begins at the wrong end
  9. begins with the chucky
  10. begintermediate
  11. begintermediates

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