BEGINNING
\bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ], \bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ], \b_ɪ_ɡ_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of BEGINNING
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
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the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
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the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
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the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
By Princeton University
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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.
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That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.