Pronunciation Noun
beginning
- (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.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the first cause.
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
- The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
- That house is at the beginning of the street.
- 1975, Frances Keinzley, The Cottage at Chapelyard, page 179 ↗,
- "Is anything the matter?" Lady Lindstrom asked anxiously.
- "No," Megan told her. "I'm merely trying to decide where the beginning is."
- "Perhaps at the beginning," the Chief Constable prompted, rather stupidly, Megan thought.
- "Which beginning?" she asked.
- (act of doing that which begins anything) commencing, start, starting
- (that which is begun; rudiment or element) element, embryo, rudiment
- (that which begins or originates something) origin, source, start, commencement
- (initial portion of some extended thing) head, start
- (act of doing that which begins anything) conclusion, end
- French: début, commencement
- German: Anfang, Beginn
- Portuguese: começo, início, princípio
- Russian: нача́ло
- Spanish: comienzo, principio, inicio
- French: début, ébauche
- German: Angefangene, Begonnene
- Portuguese: começo, princípio
- Russian: нача́ло
- Spanish: inicio
- French: début, commencement
- German: Beginn
- Italian: inizio
- Portuguese: originador, gerador
- Russian: нача́ло
- Spanish: origen
- present participle of begin#English|begin
- He is beginning to read a new book.
beginning (not comparable)
- (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
- in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
- in the beginning section of the course
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