beginning

Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the event consisting of the start of something
  2. noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
  3. noun the first part or section of something

Etymology

From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
happening
Narrower (hyponyms)
origin, start, creation, casus belli, emergence, genesis
Opposite (antonyms)
ending

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