English dictionary
beginning
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- serving to begin
noun
- the act of starting something
noun
- the first part or section of something
noun
- the event consisting of the start of something
noun
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
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