Thesaurus: beginning

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Begin
2. n. 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.
3. n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
4. n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
5. n. Enterprise.
6. adj. serving to begin
7. n. the event consisting of the start of something
8. n. the time at which something is supposed to begin
9. n. the first part or section of something
10. n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
11. n. the act of starting something
12. 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. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. 2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. 3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. 4. Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings." Shak. Syn. -- Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation.