单词 | beginning |
释义 | beginning/bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ /noun 1The point in time or space at which something begins: he left at the beginning of February they had reached the beginning of the wood...
Synonyms dawn, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, rise, start, starting point, very beginning, launch, onset, outset, unfolding, development, developing, debut; day one informal kick-off formal commencement opening, start, first part, preface, introduction, foreword, preamble, opening statement, opening remarks, prelude, prologue formal commencement rare exordium, proem, prolegomenon 1.1The first part or earliest stage of something: the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another she had the beginnings of a headache...
1.2 (beginnings) The background or origins of a person or organization: he had risen from humble beginnings to great wealth...
Synonyms origin, source, starting point, basis, birthplace, cradle, spring, mainspring, embryo, germ; genesis, creation, infancy; roots, seeds, early stages; Latin fons et origo literary fountainhead, fount, well spring Phrasesthe beginning of the end Rhymes |
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