beginning

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the event consisting of the start of something (Freq. 18)
- the beginning of the war
• Ant:
ending
• Derivationally related forms:
begin
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
casus belli, emergence, egress, issue, origin,
origination, inception, genesis, generation, ground floor, outgrowth,
growth, start, creation, conception
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin (Freq. 8)
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
• Syn:
commencement, first, outset, get-go, start,
kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
• Ant:
middle, end
• Derivationally related forms:
kick off (for: kickoff), start (for: start)
• Hypernyms:
point, point in time
• Hyponyms:
birth, incipiency, incipience, terminus a quo, starting point, threshold
3. the first part or section of something (Freq. 6)
- 'It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
• Ant:
middle, end
• Derivationally related forms:
begin
• Hypernyms:
part, section, division
4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
origin, root, rootage, source
• Derivationally related forms:
root (for: rootage), root (for: root), originate (for: origin)
• Hypernyms:
point
• Hyponyms:
derivation, spring, fountainhead, headspring, head,
headwater, wellhead, wellspring, jumping-off place, point of departure, birthplace,
cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience, home, point source,
trail head, trailhead
5. the act of starting something (Freq. 2)
- he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
• Syn:
start, commencement
• Ant:
finish (for: start)
• Derivationally related forms:
commence (for: commencement), start (for: start), begin
• Hypernyms:
change of state
• Hyponyms:
springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure, activation, attack,
tone-beginning, constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation,
introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry,
face-off, first step, initiative, opening move, opening, groundbreaking,
groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, startup, initiation,
founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation,
instauration, installation, installing, installment, instalment, jump ball,
kickoff, resumption, recommencement, scrum, scrummage
• Instance Hyponyms:
Creation

II - adjective

serving to begin
- the beginning canto of the poem
- the first verse
• Syn:
first
• Similar to:
opening

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beginning(a), first, start, commencement, origin, root, rootage, source
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  finish, finishing, middle, end, ending, conclusion