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| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start of an event or action |
| Synonyms: | alpha, basis, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, source, spring, square one*, takeoff, threshold, top, blastoff, dawning, day one, opener, point of departure, rudiment, starting point |
| Antonyms: | completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin, cause |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, birth, conception, egg, embryo, font, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, heart, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well, fount |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, outcome, result |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, bud, come out, commence, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, happen, occur, originate, rise, sail, set, spring, sprout, start, take off, be born, come forth, come into existence, crop up, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, issue forth, kick off, make tick, proceed from, result from, send off, stem from |
| Antonyms: | die, end |
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| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
aboriginal, aliunde, at the breast, baby, babyish, beginning, begun, boyish, callow, childish, embryonic, first, foremost, girlish, in arms, in long clothes, in one's teens, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, infantile, infantine, initial, initiative, initiatory, innascible, introductory, just begun, kittenish, leading, maiden, mewling, nascent, natal, neonatal, new-born, new-fledged, paronymous, postnatal, postpartum, primeval, primogenial, puerile, puling, rudimental, shardborn, tootlish, unfledged, variorum
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-nouns
beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction (precursor) [more]; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure., origin (cause) [more]; source, rise; bud, germ [more]; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point [more]; dawn (morning) [more]; evolution., title-page; head, heading; van (front) [more]; caption, fatihah., entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum; skirts, border (edge) [more]., first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight., rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABCs.
-verbs
begin, commence, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, conceive, initiate, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out (depart) [more]; embark in; incept., usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; inaugurate, head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations (prepare) [more]; found (cause) [more]; set up, set on foot, set agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; launch, broach; open up, open the door to; set about, set to work; make a beginning, make a start; handsel; take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf; break ground, break the ice, break cover; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; open fire, open the ball; ventilate, air; undertake [more]., come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize., begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo; start afresh, make a fresh start, shuffle the cards, resume, recommence.
-adjectives
beginning; initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient; proemial, inaugural; inchoate, inchoative; embryonic, rudimental; primogenial; primeval, primitive, primordial (old) [more]; aboriginal; natal, nascent., first, foremost, leading; maiden., begun; just begun
-adverbs
at the beginning, in the beginning; first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost; in limine; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine.
-phrases
aller Anfang ist schwer; dimidium facti qui coepit habet [Cicero]; omnium rerum principia parva sunt [Cicero].
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| Antonyms: | end |
| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | budding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developing, flowering |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blossoming, embryonic, fledgling, fresh, growing, incipient, maturing, opening, potential, promising, young, burgeoning, bursting forth, germinal, germinating, nascent, pubescent, pullulating, shooting up, sprouting, vegetating |
| Antonyms: | dying, shrinking, withering |
| Main Entry: | debut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first public appearance |
| Synonyms: | admission, appearance, beginning, bow, entrance, entree, graduation, inauguration, incoming, initiation, introduction, presentation, coming out, coming out party, first step, graduating, launching, opener |
| Notes: | a debut is a first public appearance; a premiere is a first performance, showing, or broadcast |
| Antonyms: | finale, closing |
| Main Entry: | derivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | root, source |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, basis, beginning, descent, etymology, foundation, genealogy, inception, origin, provenance, spin-off, well, wellspring, provenience, whence it came |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, consequence, effect, end, outgrowth, result |
| Main Entry: | elementary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, basic |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, abecedarian, basal, beginning, child's play, clear, duck soup*, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, meat and potatoes*, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo, rudimentary, simplest, simplex, simplified, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying |
| Antonyms: | abstruse, advanced, complex, complicated, compound, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, secondary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emergence, discharge |
| Synonyms: | arising, beginning, derivation, drainage, efflux, effusion, ejaculation, emission, escape, exhalation, flow, flowing, gush, origin, origination, outflow, proceeding, radiation, effluence, effluent, emerging, exudation, issuance, issuing, leakage, oozing, outpour, springing, welling |
| Antonyms: | withdrawal, taking |
| Main Entry: | embryonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rudimentary |
| Synonyms: | beginning, early, elementary, immature, incipient, undeveloped, developing, evolving, germinal |
| Main Entry: | experimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exploratory |
| Synonyms: | beginning, empirical, laboratory, momentary, pilot, preliminary, preparatory, primary, provisional, speculative, temporary, tentative, test, trial, developmental, experiential, first stage, on approval, probationary, trial-and-error, unconcluded, under probation, unproved |
| Antonyms: | tested, tried, proven |
| Main Entry: | forefront/foreground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
| Synonyms: | beginning, center, focus, fore, front, lead, limelight*, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard, cutting-edge, forepart, leading-edge, on the line |
| Antonyms: | back, background, rear, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incipient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developing |
| Synonyms: | basic, beginning, elementary, embryonic, fundamental, inchoate, initial, initiative, introductory, originating, start, commencing, inceptive, initiatory, nascent |
| Antonyms: | developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | initiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start, introduction |
| Synonyms: | admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, inaugural, instatement, investiture, preliminaries |
| Antonyms: | close, conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination |
| Main Entry: | introduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something new; something that begins |
| Synonyms: | addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, establishment, foreword, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, launch, lead, opening, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prologue, survey, basic principles, basic text, essentials, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, hornbook, interpolation, intro, lead-in, opening remarks, pioneering, preliminaries, prolegomenon |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | introductory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary, first |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, incipient, initial, opening, original, prefatory, preparatory, primary, prior, provisional, rudimentary, starting, inaugural, inductive, initiatory, precursory, prelusive, preparative, proemial |
| Antonyms: | ending, final, last, concluding, finishing |
| Main Entry: | maiden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
| Synonyms: | beginning, first, fresh, initial, intact, introductory, new, original, pioneer, primary, prime, untried, unused, inaugural, initiatory, unbroached, untapped |
| Antonyms: | final, latest, concluding |
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