beginning

Definition for beginning

noun as in start of an event or action

Strongest matches

birth, creation, dawn, inauguration, inception, introduction, onset, opening, outset, starting point, top

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alpha, basis, blastoff, commencement, dawning, genesis, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, kickoff, opener, origin, origination, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, takeoff, threshold

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day one, point of departure, square one

noun as in origin, cause

Strongest matches

birth, heart

Strong matches

antecedent, conception, egg, embryo, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well

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Her resignation as party leader marked the beginning of a tumultuous period for her and the SNP.

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The fire that broke out following the crash will have helped to burn off some of the jet fuel but also could be preventing the counter-pollution effort beginning immediately.

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Yet if he’s right, then Emma Hayes’ education as coach of the women’s national team is just beginning because until last month she, like Ferguson, had known nothing but success.

From Los Angeles Times

As Mason says at the beginning of “Last Take,” Halyna Hutchins went to Santa Fe to make a movie and never came back.

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For the traumatised mother, the immediate danger had passed but the ordeal was only just beginning.

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