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beginning

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commencement

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first

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01adjective

serving to begin

“the beginning canto of the poem”

“the first verse”

02noun

the event consisting of the start of something

“the beginning of the war”

03noun

the time at which something is supposed to begin

“they got an early start”

“she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her”

04noun

the first part or section of something

“‘It was a dark and stormy night’ is a hackneyed beginning for a story”

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05noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”

“Jupiter was the origin of the radiation”

06noun

the act of starting something

“he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations”

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