beginning
noun
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the act of starting something“I was responsible for the beginning of negotiations.”startcommencement
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the first part or section of something“`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story”
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the event consisting of the start of something“the beginning of the war”
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”sourceoriginrootrootage
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the time at which something is supposed to beginfirststartcommencementkickoffoffsetoutsetget-gostarting timeshowtime
adjective
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serving to beginfirst