Synonyms for beginnings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bih-gin-ing

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ

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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

Example sentences :

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

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