Synonyms for beginning

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bih-gin-ing

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for beginning

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Définition of beginning

Origin : late 12c., "time when something begins," from begin. Meaning "act of starting something" is from early 13c. The Old English word was fruma.

noun start of an event or action
noun origin, cause

Example sentences :

He was beginning to be more afraid and more distrustful of his nephew than ever.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

In the private car the little party was beginning its own journey Eastward.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

His spirits rose, and he felt that life was just beginning for him.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

In the beginning, a star, when drawn with a nail into a brick looked as follows.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Beginning of the struggle between Indo-Europeans and Semites.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

In the beginning each little village had possessed a god of its own.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Honestly, now, I feel as if I was beginning life over again.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

And let there be no misunderstanding—we are going to begin to act, beginning today.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

This period, beginning with 1840, has been styled "a memorable decade" in the history of Parliament.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Yet at the beginning of the present century such arguments were very popular.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

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