beginning
Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
The English word “beginning” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
adjective
Etymology
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
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