Beginning - Definition

adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the
beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending,
finish]
2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and
stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
end, middle]
4: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "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:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start,
commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]