beginning
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noun- 1.
(uncountable)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.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)The initial portion of some extended thing.
The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
That house is at the beginning of the street.
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verb- 1.
(form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of begin
He is beginning to read a new book.
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adjective- 1.
(informal, not comparable)Being the first portion of some extended thing.
in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
in the beginning section of the course
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From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.