When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
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Beginning
/bᵻˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
Synonyms for "beginning" (228 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Noun(12 words)
commencementinitiationlaunchonsetoriginstartapproachbirthcommencecommence nowcommencementsdawn light
abecedarianaboriginalalphaalphabetanlageantenatalanticipationappearanceattemptauthorshipautochthonousbabyhoodbasalbeginningsbirthblast offborderbuddingchildhoodcoinage
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Adjective(1 words)
basic scientific concept
Verb(1 words)
commence action
Strong matches (68)
dayderivationdevisingearlinessearly hourearly stageedgeelementalelementaryembryonicemergenceentranceestablishmentfabricationfetalfirst crackfirst stageflying startforesightformative
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foundationfoundationalfresh startfreshman yearfundamentalgenerationgenesisgermgestatorygrass rootsground floorhatchingheadhead startimprovisationin embryoin its infancyin the budinauguralinceptioninceptiveinchoateinchoationinchoativeincipienceincipiencyincipientincunabulaincunabularinfancyinfantinfantileinitial
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(2 words)
early literacy skillsfirst
Related words (114)
Noun(46 words)
Adjective(3 words)
initial dateinitial stageprimary languages
initiativeinitiatoryinstitutionintroductoryinventioninventivemaking domintagenascencenascencynascentnatalnativityoncomingonsetopeningoriginoriginaloriginationoutbreak
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outsetoutstartparturientparturitionpostnatalpregnancypregnantprenatalprevenienceprevisionprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprocreativeprologueprovenanceprovenienceradicalradixreadinessriserootrudimentrudimentalrudimentaryrunning startsend offsetoutsourcespringsproutstartstarting pointstemstocktakeofftaprootthresholdtime to spareurvery beginningyouth
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20 total sentences available.
We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility for it.
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Your sense of humor is beginning to exert itself.
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The flowers are beginning to grow and everything is becoming green.
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