beginning
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
“What was the beginning of the dispute?”
The initial portion of some extended thing.
“The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Being the first portion of some extended thing.
“in the beginning paragraph of the chapter”
Etymology
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
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BEGINNING at a glance
BEGINNING has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + G 2 + I 1 + N 1 + N 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,027 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with beginning
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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