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Synonyms for beginnings
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : bih-gin-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for beginnings Other synonyms for the word beginnings
- alpha
- antecedent
- basis
- blastoff
- commencement
- conception
- dawning
- day one
- egg
- embryo
- font
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- generation
- genesis
- germ
- induction
- infancy
- initiation
- installation
- kickoff
- opener
- origin
- origination
- point of departure
- preface
- prelude
- presentation
- principle
- resource
- rise
- root
- rudiment
- seed
- source
- spring
- square one
- starting point
- stem
- takeoff
- threshold
- top
- well
Définition of beginnings
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
- God's beginnings are imperceptible, whether in the region of soul or of matter.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- We know nothing about the ends of things—only the beginnings.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There is much obscurity about the beginnings of the laws of the Hebrews.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- In an acrostic the beginnings of the lines are arranged in order.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- Such were the beginnings of the great textile mills of New England.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- And this brings us straight to the newest of our beginnings in Dohnavur—the Kindergarten.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- But, when he spoke there were the beginnings of a new respect in his voice.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- The beginnings of thought about nature must always have this character.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- There lay the beginnings of his ruin, his degradation, and the first cause of his deep duplicity.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- What greatness has yet appeared is beginnings and encouragements to us in this direction.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Antonyms for beginnings
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