English > beginning: 6 senses > noun 1, event| Meaning | The event consisting of the start of something. |
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| Example | "the beginning of the war" |
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| Narrower | casus belli | An event used to justify starting a war |
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| creation, conception | The event that occurred at the beginning of something |
| emergence, egress, issue | The becoming visible |
| emergence, outgrowth, growth | The gradual beginning or coming forth |
| genesis, generation | A coming into being |
| ground floor | Becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage) |
| origin, origination, inception | An event that is a beginning |
| start | The beginning of anything |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
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| Opposite | ending, conclusion, finish | event whose occurrence ends something |
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| Spanish | comenzamiento, comienzo, inicio, principio |
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| Catalan | començament, inici, principi |
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| Verbs | begin | set in motion, cause to start |
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English > beginning: 6 senses > noun 2, time| Meaning | The time at which something is supposed to begin. |
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| Synonyms | commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset |
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| Narrower | birth | The time when something begins (especially life) |
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| incipiency, incipience | Beginning to exist or to be apparent |
| terminus a quo, starting point | Earliest limiting point |
| threshold | The starting point for a new state or experience |
| Broader | point, point in time | An instant of time |
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| Opposite | end, ending | The point in time at which something ends |
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| middle | Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period |
| Spanish | comienzo, inicio, principio, umbral |
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| Catalan | començament, inici, primeria, primer, principi |
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English > beginning: 6 senses > noun 4, location| Meaning | The place where something begins, where it springs into being. |
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| Example | "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance" |
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| Synonyms | origin, root, rootage, source |
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| Narrower | birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience | Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
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| derivation | The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| fountainhead, headspring, head | The source of water from which a stream arises |
| headwater | The source of a river |
| home | place where something began and flourished |
| jumping-off place, point of departure | A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched |
| point source | A concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted |
| spring | A point at which water issues forth |
| trail head, trailhead | The beginning of a trail |
| wellhead, wellspring | The source of water for a well |
| Broader | point | The precise location of something |
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| Spanish | fuente, germen, nacimiento, origen, principio, raíz, venero |
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| Catalan | arrel, germen, naixement, origen, procedència |
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English > beginning: 6 senses > noun 5, act| Meaning | The act of starting something. |
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| Example | "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
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| Synonyms | start, commencement |
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| Instances | Creation | (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence |
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| Narrower | activation | making active and effective (as a bomb) |
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| attack, tone-beginning | A decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
| constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation | The act of forming or establishing something |
| face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play |
| first step, initiative, opening move, opening | The first of a series of actions |
| groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony | The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project |
| housing start | The act of starting to construct a house |
| icebreaker | A beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere |
| inauguration, startup | The act of starting a new operation or practice |
| initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration | The act of starting something for the first time |
| installation, installing, installment, instalment | The act of installing something (as equipment) |
| introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry | The act of beginning something new |
| jump ball | (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed |
| kickoff | (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score |
| resumption, recommencement | Beginning again |
| scrum, scrummage | (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms |
| springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure | A beginning from which an enterprise / enterprise is launched |
| startup | The act of setting in operation |
| Broader | change of state | The act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics / characteristics |
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| Opposite | finish, finishing | The act of finishing |
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| Spanish | apertura, comienzo, incoación, iniciación, inicio, principio |
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| Catalan | començament, iniciació, inici, primeria, principi |
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| Verbs | begin | take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action |
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