Word

beginning, n.
(beginnings)
freq. cnt. 36

the event consisting of the start of something
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 18

beginning

sample sentences

"the beginning of the war"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

begin

antonym

ending

semantic pointers

hypernym

occurrence, happening, occurrent, natural event

hyponym

casus belli emergence, egress, issue inception, origin, origination genesis, generation ground floor emergence, growth, outgrowth start creation, conception

the time at which something is supposed to begin
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beginning commencement first get-go kickoff offset outset showtime start starting time

sample sentences

"they got an early start"
"she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

lexical pointers

antonym

middle end

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

start start start start start start

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

kick off

semantic pointers

hyponym

birth incipiency, incipience starting point, terminus a quo threshold

hypernym

point, point in time

the first part or section of something
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

beginning

sample sentences

"`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

begin

antonym

middle end

semantic pointers

hypernym

part, division, section

the act of starting something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

beginning commencement start

sample sentences

"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

begin

lexical pointers

antonym

finish

derivationally related form

start start start start start start start start start

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

commence commence commence

semantic pointers

hypernym

change of state

hyponym

springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure activation attack, tone-beginning establishment, formation, constitution, organization, organisation debut, entry, introduction, first appearance, launching, unveiling face-off first step, initiative, opening move, opening groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony housing start icebreaker inauguration, startup founding, creation, initiation, institution, foundation, origination, innovation, introduction, instauration installation, installing, installment, instalment jump ball kickoff resumption, recommencement scrum, scrummage startup

instance hyponym

Creation

the place where something begins, where it springs into being
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

beginning origin root rootage source

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

originate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

root

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

root

semantic pointers

hypernym

point

hyponym

derivation spring head, fountainhead, headspring headwater wellhead, wellspring jumping-off place, point of departure cradle, place of origin, provenance, birthplace, provenience home point source trail head, trailhead