beginning

beginning
beginning late 12c., "time when something begins," from BEGIN (Cf. begin). Meaning "act of starting something" is from early 13c. The O.E. word was fruma.

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  • beginning — [n1] start of an event or action alpha, basis, birth, blastoff*, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one*, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening,… …   New thesaurus

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