be·gin·ning /bɪˈgɪnɪŋ/
1. the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
synset: beginning
antonym: ending, conclusion, finish
2. 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"
synset: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting_time, showtime, offset
3. the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
synset: beginning
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"
synset: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
5. the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
synset: beginning, start, commencement
1. serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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