beginning (
http://definr.com/beginning)
adj 1: at a first stage of development; just becoming familiar with
the rudiments or skills or routines; "a beginning
bodybuilder"; "a beginning reader"; "a novice cook"
[syn:
beginning(a),
novice(a)]
2: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
first verse" [syn:
beginning(a),
first]
n 1: the event consisting of the start of something: "the
beginning of the war" [ant:
ending]
2: the time at which something begins; "They got an early
start" [syn:
commencement,
first,
outset,
start,
kickoff,
starting time,
offset] [ant:
middle,
end]
3: the first part or section of something: "`It was a dark and
stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
middle,
end]
4: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "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"
[syn:
origin,
root,
rootage,
source]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn:
start,
commencement]
[ant:
finish]