beginning

noun

(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 begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

The initial portion of some extended thing.

adjective

(informal) Being the first portion of some extended thing.

Synonyms for beginning

outsetn startv commencementn incipiencyn incipiencen inchoationn inceptionn originn inceptiveadj incipientadj onsetn initialadj nascencyn dawningn nascencen inchoateadj introductoryadj

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