Crossword clues for beginning
beginning
- The place where something begins, where it springs into being
- The first part or section of something
- The time at which something begins
- The event consisting of the start of something
- Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- "In the ___ was the Word"
- Square one
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. & vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]3
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See Gin to begin.] 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began.
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To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. ``Tears began to flow.''
--Dryden.When I begin, I will also make an end.
--1 Sam. iii. 12.
Beginning \Be*gin"ning\, n.
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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.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
I am . . . the beginning and the ending.
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That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Enterprise. ``To hinder our beginnings.''
--Shak.Syn: Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
(context informal English) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. n. 1 (context uncountable English) 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 That which is begun; a rudiment or element. 3 That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. 4 The initial portion of some extended thing. v
(present participle of begin English)
WordNet
adj. serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
n. the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: ending]
the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: middle, end]
the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: middle, end]
the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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" [syn: origin, root, rootage, source]
the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: start, commencement] [ant: finish]
v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end]
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [syn: start] [ant: end]
set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: lead off, start, commence] [ant: end]
begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number 'one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremoney officially begins the semester"
have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: start]
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [syn: start]
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
See begin
Wikipedia
Beginning may refer to:
- In the Beginning (disambiguation)
Usage examples of "beginning".
I mind was inside the bar of San Lucar, and he and I were boys about a ten year old, aboord of a Dartmouth ship, and went for wine, and there come in over the bar he that was the beginning of it all.
On the 17th of April the Essex came in sight of Chatham Island, one of the largest, and remained cruising in the neighborhood of the group till the beginning of June, when want of water compelled her to go to Tumbez, a port on the continent just abreast of the Galapagos.
He was abusing those waiting, and they were beginning to abuse him back.
The siege on Glenn Abies is just one phase of a series of strategic federal assassinations, beginning with the murder of Order founder Robert Matthews and including the recent massacre at Waco.
In the beginning of November I sold shares for fifty thousand francs to a man named Gamier, living in the Rue du Mail, giving up to him a third part of the materials in my warehouse, and accepting a manager chosen by him and paid by the company.
In the left-hand column is a list of diseases beginning with acidosis and running through neurosis and on to ulcers, and in the right-hand column are lists of wines that will remedy the diseases on the left.
A young lady of enterprise, she found herself acquiring political convictions, beginning to detest anarchists, the Fabian Society, even the Earl of Rosebery.
It is only now, some eighteen years later, that increasing numbers of experts are beginning to realize that it is the psychological state of the individual addict that counts and not the substance itself My accumulated knowledge of drug addiction comes from eighteen years of dealing with and answering effectively the questions and worries of the addicted.
They too are beginning to feel the effects of addiction and be attracted to it.
Claire had been scared into concern and politeness, and I was beginning to suspect that it was Aden Fiske who had scared her.
A parallel ambivalence pervades both practice and adjudication under the Constitution from the beginning.
The beginning of his adolescence coincided with a period of social change.
Perhaps an adrenalectomy at the beginning would have helped, says Anna, but it is too late now that cancer has spread.
They are like the colossal strides of approaching Fate, and this awfulness is twice raised to a higher power, first by a searching, syncopated phrase in the violins which hovers loweringly over them, and next by a succession of afrighted minor scales ascending crescendo and descending piano, the change in dynamics beginning abruptly as the crest of each terrifying wave is reached.
In accordance with Beklan custom some of the guests, in twos and threes, were beginning to get up and stroll out of the hall, either into the corridors or as far as the westward-facing portico of the palace, whence they could look out across the city walls towards the afterglow beyond the far-off Palteshi hills.