BEGINNING

beginning. Beginning, n. the first part of time, original, first cause, act or state, commencement

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Be‐gin″ning (�), n. 1. 1. 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.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. 2. 2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. 3. 3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. 4. 4. Enterprise. “To hinder our beginnings.” Shak.
Syn. — Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation.