beginning

  • (s) serving to begin
    • the beginning canto of the poem
    • the first verse
    first,

Nouns

  • (n) the event consisting of the start of something
    • the beginning of the war
  • (n) the time at which something is supposed to begin
    • they got an early start
    • she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
    commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, kickoff, start, first,
  • (n) the first part or section of something
    • "It was a dark and stormy night" is a hackneyed beginning for a story
  • (n) the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    • the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
    • Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
    • Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
    • communism's Russian root
    origin, source, root, rootage,
  • (n) the act of starting something
    • he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
    commencement, start,

Synonyms

first commencement get-go offset outset showtime starting time kickoff start origin source root rootage

Antonyms

conclusion ending finish middle end finishing

Words of close approximity

beginning rhyme