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Synonyms for beginning
bɪˈgɪn ɪŋbe·gin·ning

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beginningadjective

    Synonyms:
    element, first, initial, commencement, source, embryo, starting, head, commencing, origin, rudiment, start

  2. beginningnoun

    Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing

    Synonyms:
    initial, first, element, origin, commencement, starting, rudiment, embryo, commencing, source, start, head

  3. beginningnoun

    That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

    Synonyms:
    commencing, source, starting, commencement, element, start, rudiment, origin, embryo, head

  4. beginningnoun

    That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.

    Synonyms:
    source, starting, commencement, commencing, head, rudiment, embryo, start, origin, element

  5. beginningnoun

    The initial portion of some extended thing.

    Synonyms:
    commencing, origin, commencement, starting, element, source, head, rudiment, embryo, start

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beginning

    The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.

    See synonyms for END.

    Synonyms:
    arising, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, initiation, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, spring, start

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beginning

    Synonyms:
    commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation

    Antonyms:
    end, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beginningnoun

    the event consisting of the start of something

    "the beginning of the war"

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

    Antonyms:
    end, middle, ending, finish, conclusion, closing

  2. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offsetnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    starting, get-go, low gear, starting line, number one, first gear, showtime, offset, runner, rootage, send-off, setoff, scratch line, commencement ceremony, first, graduation, low, root, kickoff, outgrowth, stolon, source, commencement exercise, start-off, counterbalance, scratch, startle, head start, start, branch, origin, first-class honours degree, number 1, first base, outset, jump, offset printing, starting time, starting signal, graduation exercise, offshoot, commencement, set-back

    Antonyms:
    middle, end, ending, finish, conclusion, closing

  3. beginningnoun

    the first part or section of something

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

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

    Antonyms:
    ending, middle, end, conclusion, finish, closing

  4. beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    extraction, start, get-go, showtime, seed, parentage, ascendent, base, pedigree, offset, tooth root, reference, theme, ascendant, informant, root system, rootage, first, etymon, germ, radical, root, kickoff, descent, stemma, source, ancestor, inception, antecedent, stock, origination, author, lineage, reservoir, origin, line, outset, line of descent, stem, root word, starting time, bloodline, generator, solution, ancestry, commencement, blood, blood line

    Antonyms:
    ending, middle, finish, end, conclusion, closing

  5. beginning, start, commencementadjective

    the act of starting something

    "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

    Synonyms:
    rootage, outset, graduation, startle, graduation exercise, commencement exercise, first, showtime, head start, starting time, scratch line, scratch, commencement ceremony, start, origin, starting line, get-go, kickoff, root, commencement, source, starting, offset, starting signal, jump

    Antonyms:
    middle, end, conclusion, ending, finish, closing

  6. beginning(a), firstadjective

    serving to begin

    "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

    Antonyms:
    end, ending, finish, middle, conclusion, closing

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. start

    Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  
  2. aagaaz

    in urdu we use aagaaz word to show beginning of something

    Submitted by Joker_1 on December 20, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beginningnoun

    Synonyms:
    commencement, outset, opening, start

  2. beginningnoun

    Synonyms:
    origin, source, rise

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beginningnoun

    Synonyms:
    commencement, inception, opening, outset, initiation, indication, incipience, nascency, incipiency, threshold, tyronism, novitiate, origin, source

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How to use beginning in a sentence?

  1. Thomas Karnes:

    We told ourselves we weren't going to settle from the very beginning.

  2. Chinese Proverb:

    The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.

  3. Al Thawadi:

    We have always said right from the very beginning that we are ready for whatever the football community decides, when the decision is made we will comply with it.

  4. Jeff Cohen:

    We believe the midterm elections have shown that the Democratic Party overall is more popular with voters than the President, and that GOP extremism is not attractive to most voters. A different Democrat at the head of the ticket will have a better chance of winning the White House in 2024. We'll be taking that message across the country, beginning in New Hampshire.

  5. Kyle Rodda:

    We’ve had a lot of speculation recently that the Biden stimulus package won’t be negative for the dollar at all, in fact it will be a positive thing just on the basis that it should lead to U.S. economic outperformance, but I think if you look at more of the trends in the market at the moment, and we go back to the business cycle, we’re really only at the beginning of this uptick in the global recovery, and a necessary ingredient of that is a weaker dollar.


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