beginning

Definitions of beginning in various dictionaries:

noun - the event consisting of the start of something

noun - the time at which something is supposed to begin

noun - the first part or section of something

noun - the place where something begins, where it springs into being

noun - the act of starting something

verb - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

verb - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

verb - set in motion, cause to start

verb - begin to speak or say

verb - be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

verb - have a beginning, of a temporal event

verb - have a beginning characterized in some specified way

verb - begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

verb - achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

verb - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

adj - serving to begin

The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start.

The time when something begins or is begun: the beginning of the war.

The place where something begins or is begun: at the beginning of the road.

The first part: The front matter is at the beginning of the book.

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “the initial stage of a developmental process”: the beginning of a new era in computer technology; the birth of generative grammar; the dawn of civilization; the genesis of quantum mechanics; the nascence of classical sculpture; the rise and decline of an ancient city-state.