Antonyms for beginning
bɪˈgɪn ɪŋbe·gin·ning

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1. beginningadjective

   Synonyms:
   element, first, initial, commencement, source, embryo, starting, head, commencing, origin, rudiment, start

2. beginningnoun

   Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing

   Synonyms:
   initial, first, element, origin, commencement, starting, rudiment, embryo, commencing, source, start, head

3. beginningnoun

   That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

   Synonyms:
   commencing, source, starting, commencement, element, start, rudiment, origin, embryo, head

4. beginningnoun

   That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.

   Synonyms:
   source, starting, commencement, commencing, head, rudiment, embryo, start, origin, element

5. beginningnoun

   The initial portion of some extended thing.

   Synonyms:
   commencing, origin, commencement, starting, element, source, head, rudiment, embryo, start

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1. beginning

   The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.

   See synonyms for END.

   Synonyms:
   arising, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, initiation, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, spring, start

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1. beginning

   Antonyms:
   end, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion

   Synonyms:
   commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation

Matched Categories

1. • Happening
   • Part
   • Point

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beginningnoun

   the event consisting of the start of something

   "the beginning of the war"

   Antonyms:
   end, middle, ending, finish, conclusion, closing

   Synonyms:
   starting time, origin, kickoff, rootage, showtime, commencement, root, get-go, first, source, start, outset, offset

2. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offsetnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   middle, end, ending, finish, conclusion, closing

   Synonyms:
   starting, get-go, low gear, starting line, number one, first gear, showtime, offset, runner, rootage, send-off, setoff, scratch line, commencement ceremony, first, graduation, low, root, kickoff, outgrowth, stolon, source, commencement exercise, start-off, counterbalance, scratch, startle, head start, start, branch, origin, first-class honours degree, number 1, first base, outset, jump, offset printing, starting time, starting signal, graduation exercise, offshoot, commencement, set-back

3. beginningnoun

   the first part or section of something

   "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

   Antonyms:
   ending, middle, end, conclusion, finish, closing

   Synonyms:
   starting time, origin, kickoff, rootage, showtime, commencement, root, get-go, first, source, start, outset, offset

4. beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   ending, middle, finish, end, conclusion, closing

   Synonyms:
   extraction, start, get-go, showtime, seed, parentage, ascendent, base, pedigree, offset, tooth root, reference, theme, ascendant, informant, root system, rootage, first, etymon, germ, radical, root, kickoff, descent, stemma, source, ancestor, inception, antecedent, stock, origination, author, lineage, reservoir, origin, line, outset, line of descent, stem, root word, starting time, bloodline, generator, solution, ancestry, commencement, blood, blood line

5. beginning, start, commencementadjective

   the act of starting something

   "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

   Antonyms:
   middle, end, conclusion, ending, finish, closing

   Synonyms:
   rootage, outset, graduation, startle, graduation exercise, commencement exercise, first, showtime, head start, starting time, scratch line, scratch, commencement ceremony, start, origin, starting line, get-go, kickoff, root, commencement, source, starting, offset, starting signal, jump

6. beginning(a), firstadjective

   serving to begin

   "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

   Antonyms:
   end, ending, finish, middle, conclusion, closing

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1. beginningnoun

   Synonyms:
   commencement, inception, opening, outset, initiation, indication, incipience, nascency, incipiency, threshold, tyronism, novitiate, origin, source

How to use beginning in a sentence?

1. Robert Collier:

   Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginning.

2. Thomas McLoughlin:

   We're beginning to discern a ... mindset on the island that the government is weighing the interest of investors against the economic interest of the island.

3. Jambu Palaniappan:

   There's a huge opportunity for companies to internationalize from their beginning, there is now so much of an infrastructure out there for new businesses to draw on.

4. Frideric Prandecki:

   This is just the beginning of a revolution.

5. Amy Jacobson:

   Heather was the beginning of the process of us realizing as a lesbian couple that there were going to be many battles, and we just had to do them, 'Heather' paved some way but there was a lot 'Heather' couldn't do that we had to just do.

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