Associations to the word «Beginning»

Wiktionary

BEGINNING, noun. (uncountable) 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.
BEGINNING, noun. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
BEGINNING, noun. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
BEGINNING, noun. The initial portion of some extended thing.
BEGINNING, verb. Present participle of begin
BEGINNING, adjective. (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
BEGINNING OF DAY, noun. The time that a project is scheduled to start

Dictionary definition

BEGINNING, noun. The event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war".
BEGINNING, noun. 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".
BEGINNING, noun. The first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story".
BEGINNING, noun. 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".
BEGINNING, noun. The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations".
BEGINNING, adjective. Serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse".

Wise words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Dhammapada