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Type Words
Synonyms first


the beginning canto of the poem.
Type Words
Synonyms commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
Type of point in time, point
Has types threshold, terminus a quo, birth, incipience, starting point, incipiency
Type Words
Synonyms origin, root, rootage, source
Type of point
Has types home, point source, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle, jumping-off place, wellspring, derivation, trail head, spring, trailhead, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, wellhead, place of origin, point of departure


the Italian beginning of the Renaissance.
Type Words
Synonyms commencement, start
Type of change of state
Has types foundation, attack, constitution, creation, debut, entry, establishment, face-off, first appearance, first step, formation, activation, founding, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, initiation, initiative, innovation, installation, installing, installment, instalment, instauration, institution, introduction, jump ball, jumping-off point, kickoff, launching, opening, opening move, organisation, organization, origination, point of departure, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, springboard, startup, tone-beginning, unveiling
Derivation begin


he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations.
Type Words
Type of occurrent, happening, occurrence, natural event
Has types genesis, ground floor, inception, origin, growth, conception, origination, outgrowth, egress, emergence, issue, creation, start, casus belli, generation
Derivation begin


the beginning of the war.
Type Words
Type of section, part, division
Derivation begin


`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story.

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Beginning Sunday, Jan. 9, the library will be closed through Wednesday, Jan. 12.
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Beginning next week, the Legislature will work to come up with its own solution.
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He said they could offering beginning fly tying, intermediate fly tying or both.
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Celebrity cameos were a key to connecting with older viewers from the beginning.
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So maybe what we've seen in the last few weeks is the beginning of the reversal.
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Fuel wood permits will be available beginning Wednesday and will expire Dec. 31.
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Work is expected to begin on May 1 with the next phase beginning in spring 2012.
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Ford spokesman Todd Nissen said the plant in Genk will close beginning Saturday.
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The mission marks the beginning of the end of the 30-year space shuttle program.
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  • The event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
  • 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"
  • The first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
  • The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
  • (begin) Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
  • (begin) get down: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
  • Pakho Chau is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and songwriter. He officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007, and is currently signed to the Warner Music Group, Hong Kong.
  • "Beginning" is Reasons (Kotipelto song)'s first single released in 2002 through Century Media.
  • "A Beginning" is a piece composed by The Beatles' producer George Martin and intended as an introduction to "Don't Pass Me By" by Ringo Starr. It was instead used as an incidental cue in the Beatles cartoon film Yellow Submarine and heard right before "Eleanor Rigby. ...