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beginning
Overview of noun beginning
The noun beginning has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (18) beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")
2. (8) beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (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")
3. (6) beginning -- (the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story")
4. (2) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source -- (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")
5. (2) beginning, start, commencement -- (the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations")
Overview of verb begin
The verb begin has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (379) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (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")
2. (58) begin, start -- (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")
3. (27) begin, lead off, start, commence -- (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")
4. (9) begin -- (begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began)
5. begin -- (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 ceremony officially begins the semester")
6. begin -- (have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month")
7. begin, start -- (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 workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony")
8. begin, start -- (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")
9. begin -- (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 -- (begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade")
Overview of adj beginning
The adj beginning has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. beginning, first -- (serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beginning
5 senses of beginning
Sense 1
beginning
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
=> point, point in time
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
beginning
=> part, section, division
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
beginning, start, commencement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun beginning
4 of 5 senses of beginning
Sense 1
beginning
=> casus belli
=> emergence, egress, issue
=> origin, origination, inception
=> genesis, generation
=> ground floor
=> emergence, outgrowth, growth
=> start
=> creation, conception
Sense 2
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
=> birth
=> incipiency, incipience
=> terminus a quo, starting point
=> threshold
Sense 4
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> derivation
=> spring
=> fountainhead, headspring, head
=> headwaters
=> wellhead, wellspring
=> jumping-off place, point of departure
=> birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
=> home
=> point source
=> trail head, trailhead
Sense 5
beginning, start, commencement
=> springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure
=> activation
=> attack, tone-beginning
=> constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
HAS INSTANCE=> Creation
=> introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry
=> face-off
=> first step, initiative, opening move, opening
=> groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony
=> housing start
=> icebreaker
=> inauguration, startup
=> initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
=> installation, installing, installment, instalment
=> jump ball
=> kickoff
=> resumption, recommencement
=> scrum, scrummage
=> startup
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beginning
5 senses of beginning
Sense 1
beginning
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 2
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
=> point, point in time
Sense 3
beginning
=> part, section, division
Sense 4
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> point
Sense 5
beginning, start, commencement
=> change of state
Antonyms of noun beginning
3 of 5 senses of beginning
Sense 1
beginning
Antonym of ending (Sense 4)
=>ending, conclusion, finish
Sense 2
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
Antonym of middle (Sense 4)
=>middle
Antonym of end (Sense 2)
=>end, ending
Sense 3
beginning
Antonym of middle (Sense 2)
=>middle
Antonym of end (Sense 5)
=>end
Member Holonyms of noun beginning
Substance Holonyms of noun beginning
Part Holonyms of noun beginning
Member Meronyms of noun beginning
Substance Meronyms of noun beginning
Part Meronyms of noun beginning
Meronyms of noun beginning
Holonyms of noun beginning
Attributes of noun beginning
Derived Forms of noun beginning
3 of 5 senses of beginning
Sense 1
beginning
RELATED TO>(verb) begin#3
=> begin, lead off, start, commence
Sense 3
beginning
RELATED TO>(verb) begin#5
=> begin
Sense 5
beginning, start, commencement
RELATED TO>(verb) begin#1
=> get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Domain of noun beginning
Domain Terms of noun beginning
Familiarity of noun beginning
beginning used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun beginning
5 senses of beginning
Sense 1
beginning
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 2
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
> point, point in time
=> distance
=> date, particular date
=> deadline
=> arrival time, time of arrival
=> departure time, time of departure
=> midterm
=> term, full term
=> midterm
=> moment, minute, second, instant
=> run-time
=> beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
=> middle
=> end, ending
=> phase, phase angle
=> show time
=> then
Sense 3
beginning
> part, section, division
=> beginning
=> middle
=> end
=> high point
=> component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
Sense 4
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
> point
=> punctum
=> blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
=> navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus
=> McBurney's point
=> node
=> antinode
=> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> celestial point
=> center, centre, midpoint
=> trichion, crinion
=> chokepoint
=> corner
=> crossing
=> focus
=> geographic point, geographical point
=> ground zero
=> hot spot, hotspot
=> midair
=> abutment
=> position, place
=> position
=> pressure point
=> military position, position
=> corner
=> topographic point, place, spot
=> vanishing point
=> focus, focal point
=> hilum
=> focus, focal point, nidus
Sense 5
beginning, start, commencement
> change of state
=> aeration
=> passage, transition
=> meddling, tampering
=> transfer, transference
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> nullification, override
=> reversal
=> beginning, start, commencement
=> arousal, rousing
=> cooking, cookery, preparation
=> seasoning
=> infusion
=> improvement
=> beautification
=> decoration
=> worsening
=> degradation, debasement
=> change of color
=> soiling, soilure, dirtying
=> wetting
=> chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
=> defoliation
=> specialization, specialisation
=> spiritualization, spiritualisation
Meronyms of noun beginning
5 senses of beginning
Holonyms of noun beginning
Grep of noun beginning
beginning
beginning rhyme
tone-beginning
Antonyms of verb begin
3 of 10 senses of begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Antonym of end (Sense 2)
=>end, terminate
Sense 2
begin, start
Antonym of end (Sense 1)
=>end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
Antonym of end (Sense 2)
=>end, terminate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb begin
10 senses of begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sense 2
begin, start
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
Sense 4
begin
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 5
begin
Sense 6
begin
=> be
Sense 7
begin, start
=> be
Sense 8
begin, start
=> act, move
Sense 9
begin
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sense 10
begin
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb begin
3 of 10 senses of begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
=> recommence
=> strike out
=> fall
=> jump off
=> get to
=> auspicate
=> attack
=> break in
=> plunge, launch
=> come on
=> embark, enter
=> get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling
Sense 2
begin, start
=> erupt, break out
=> bud
=> break out
=> set in, kick in
=> dawn
=> originate
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
=> jumpstart, jump-start
=> recommence
=> inaugurate, usher in, introduce
=> set off
=> start, start up, embark on, commence
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb begin
10 senses of begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sense 2
begin, start
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
Sense 4
begin
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sense 5
begin
Sense 6
begin
=> be
Sense 7
begin, start
=> be
Sense 8
begin, start
=> act, move
Sense 9
begin
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Sense 10
begin
'Cause To' of verb begin
1 of 10 senses of begin
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
=> begin, start
Derived Forms of verb begin
3 of 10 senses of begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
RELATED TO>(noun) beginner#1
=> novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
RELATED TO>(noun) beginning#5
=> beginning, start, commencement
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
RELATED TO>(noun) beginner#2
=> founder, beginner, founding father, father
RELATED TO>(noun) beginning#1
=> beginning
Sense 5
begin
RELATED TO>(noun) beginning#3
=> beginning
Domain of verb begin
Domain Terms of verb begin
Familiarity of verb begin
begin used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Sample Sentences of verb begin
10 senses of begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
EX: They begin moving
EX: They begin to move
Sense 2
begin, start
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
begin
EX: They won't begin the story
Sense 5
begin
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
begin
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 7
begin, start
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 8
begin, start
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
begin
*> Something ----s something
Sense 10
begin
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb begin
5 of 10 senses of begin
Sense 4
begin
> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> read
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
=> troll
=> begin
=> lip off, shoot one's mouth off
=> shout
=> whisper
=> peep
=> speak up
=> snap, snarl
=> enthuse
=> speak in tongues
=> swallow
=> verbalize, verbalise
=> whiff
=> talk of, talk about
=> blubber, blubber out
=> drone, drone on
=> bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
=> rasp
=> blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
=> tone, inflect, modulate
=> deliver, present
=> generalize, generalise
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
=> chatter
=> yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
=> open up
=> snivel, whine
=> murmur
=> mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
=> slur
=> bark
=> bay
=> rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave
=> hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
=> cackle
=> babble
=> tone, chant, intone
=> gulp
=> sing
Sense 6
begin
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 7
begin, start
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 8
begin, start
> act, move
=> alternate, take turns
=> finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
=> rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
=> interrupt, disturb
=> react, respond
=> go ahead, plow ahead
=> attack, aggress
=> force
=> create
=> come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
=> reward, repay, pay back
=> satisfice, staisfise
=> maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
=> dispatch
=> evade
=> race
=> use
=> play it by ear
=> play
=> deal
=> partner
=> exert
=> egotrip
=> reciprocate
=> go, proceed, move
=> come close
=> perform
=> make bold, dare, presume
=> prosecute, engage, pursue
=> act on
=> interact
=> react, oppose
=> take time by the forelock
=> coact
=> volunteer, offer
=> get around to
=> dally, toy, play, flirt
=> set about, go about, approach
=> participate, take part
=> misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
=> condescend, stoop, lower oneself
=> behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
=> behave, comport
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> woo, court, romance, solicit
=> court
=> dare
=> effect
=> antagonize, antagonise, counteract
=> anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
=> prosecute
=> perpetrate, commit, pull
=> rampage
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> condescend, deign, descend
=> condescend
=> take care
=> lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior
=> stampede
=> make a point, make sure
=> repeat, take over
=> surprise
=> sneak
=> play
=> take
=> guard
=> begin, start
=> go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
=> do well, had best
=> continue
=> continue, persist in
Sense 9
begin
> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
=> score
=> reach, make, get to, progress to
=> begin
=> come to, strike
=> culminate
=> compass
=> average
=> wangle, finagle, manage
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb begin
Sense 1
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sense 10
begin
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Sense 2
begin, start
Sense 3
begin, lead off, start, commence
Sense 5
begin
Sense 6
begin
=> be
Sense 7
begin, start
=> be
Sense 8
begin, start
=> act, move
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Sense 4
begin
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
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Sense 9
begin
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
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Grep of verb begin
begin
Antonyms of adj beginning
1 sense of beginning
Sense 1
beginning(prenominal), first
INDIRECT (VIA opening) -> closing
Similarity of adj beginning
1 sense of beginning
Sense 1
beginning(prenominal), first
=> opening (vs. closing)
Pertainyms of adj beginning
Attributes of adj beginning
Domain of adj beginning
Domain Terms of adj beginning
Familiarity of adj beginning
beginning used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj beginning
beginning
Grep of adv beginning
in the beginning
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