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beginning

adjective noun

serving to begin

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
B
Ends with
G
Contains
EG
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

adjective

  1. serving to begin

    “the beginning canto of the poem”

noun

  1. the act of starting something

    “he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations”

noun

  1. the first part or section of something

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

noun

  1. the event consisting of the start of something

    “the beginning of the war”

noun

  1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

    “the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”

noun

  1. the time at which something is supposed to begin

    “they got an early start”

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Example Sentences

the beginning canto of the poem
the first verse
he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
‘It was a dark and stormy night’ is a hackneyed beginning for a story
the beginning of the war
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
communism's Russian root
they got an early start
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

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