Found 4 items, similar to beginning.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: beginning awal
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: beginning awal, pangkal
English → English (WordNet) Definition: beginning beginning adj : 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: ending] 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: commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: middle, end] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: middle, end] 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: origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; “he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations” [syn: start, commencement] [ant: finish] begin v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; “We began working at dawn”; “Who will start?”; “Get working as soon as the sun rises!”; “The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”; “He began early in the day”; “Let's get down to work now” [syn: get down, get, start out , start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end] 2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; “The DMZ begins right over the hill”; “The second movement begins after the Allegro”; “Prices for these homes start at $250,000” [syn: start] [ant: end] 3: set in motion, cause to start; “The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”; “The Iraqis began hostilities”; “begin a new chapter in your life” [syn: lead off, start, commence] [ant: end] 4: begin to speak or say; “Now listen, friends,” he began 5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; “The number 'one' begins the sequence”; “A terrible murder begins the novel”; “The convocation ceremoney officially begins the semester” 6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; “WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland”; “The company's Asia tour begins next month” 7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; “The novel begins with a murder”; “My property begins with the three maple trees”; “Her day begins with a work-out”; “The semester begins with a convocation ceremony” [syn: start] 8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; “begin a cigar”; “She started the soup while it was still hot”; “We started physics in 10th grade” [syn: start] 9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; “This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation”; “You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war” 10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; “She began Russian at an early age”; “We started French in fourth grade” [also: begun, beginning, began] beginning See begin
English → English (gcide) Definition: Beginning Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. & vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See Gin to begin.] 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. [1913 Webster] Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. “Tears began to flow.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12. [1913 Webster] Beginning \Be*gin"ning\, n. 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. [1913 Webster] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. --Gen. i. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. [1913 Webster] I am . . . the beginning and the ending. --Rev. i. 8. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. [1913 Webster] Mighty things from small beginnings grow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Enterprise. “To hinder our beginnings.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation. [1913 Webster]