beginning

beginning
noun
ADJECTIVE
new

She spoke of a new beginning for the nation.

auspicious, hopeful, promising

It was an auspicious beginning to his long career.

inauspicious, unpromising (esp. BrE)
VERB + BEGINNING
herald, mark, represent, signal, signify, spell, symbolize

This invention marked the beginning of the modern age.

see, witness

2001 saw the beginning of a period of rapid growth.

trace

a custom that traces its beginnings to the 15th century

PREPOSITION
at the beginning (of sth)

I'm paid at the beginning of each month.

from the beginning

Tell me the whole story, right from the beginning.

in the beginning

In the beginning I found the course very difficult.

PHRASES
the beginning of the end

That day was the beginning of the end of our friendship.

early beginnings, first beginnings

The society had its early beginnings in discussion groups.

from beginning to end

The play was nonsense from beginning to end.

from humble beginnings, from modest beginnings, from small beginnings

From these small beginnings it grew into the vast company we know today.

be just the beginning, be only the beginning

These changes are just the beginning: much more is to come.

the very beginning

I disliked her from the very beginning.


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