noun
the event consisting of the start of something
Examples
- the beginning of the war
noun
the time at which something is supposed to begin
Synonyms
Examples
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
noun
the first part or section of something
Examples
- `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
noun
the act of starting something
Synonyms
Examples
- he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
adjective
serving to begin
Synonyms
Examples
- the beginning canto of the poem
- the first verse