Beginning
[n] the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
[n] the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
[n] the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
[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"
[n] the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
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Synonyms
commencement, commencement, first, kickoff, offset, origin, outset, root, rootage, source, start, start, starting time
Related Terms
abecedarian, aboriginal, alpha, anlage, antenatal, anticipation, appearance, authorship, autochthonous, babyhood, basal, beginnings, birth, budding, childhood, coinage, commencement, conception, concoction, contrivance, contriving, cradle, creation, creat