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Beginning
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- 1 Being the first portion of some extended thing. informal, not-comparable
"in the beginning paragraph of the chapter"
- 1 serving to begin wordnet
- 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. uncountable
- 2 the act of starting something wordnet
- 3 That which is begun; a rudiment or element. countable, uncountable
- 4 the first part or section of something wordnet
- 5 That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause. countable, uncountable
"What was the beginning of the dispute?"
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- 6 the event consisting of the start of something wordnet
- 7 The initial portion of some extended thing. countable, uncountable
"The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story."
- 8 the place where something begins, where it springs into being wordnet
- 9 the time at which something is supposed to begin wordnet
- 1 present participle and gerund of begin form-of, gerund, participle, present
"He is beginning to read a new book."
Etymology
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), equivalent to begin + -ing.
From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), equivalent to begin + -ing.
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