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Antonyms for beginning
bɪˈgɪn ɪŋbe·gin·ning
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term beginning.
Wiktionary
beginningadjective
Synonyms:
element, first, initial, commencement, source, embryo, starting, head, commencing, origin, rudiment, startbeginningnoun
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing
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initial, first, element, origin, commencement, starting, rudiment, embryo, commencing, source, start, headbeginningnoun
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
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commencing, source, starting, commencement, element, start, rudiment, origin, embryo, headbeginningnoun
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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source, starting, commencement, commencing, head, rudiment, embryo, start, origin, elementbeginningnoun
The initial portion of some extended thing.
Synonyms:
commencing, origin, commencement, starting, element, source, head, rudiment, embryo, start
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
beginning
Antonyms:
end, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completionSynonyms:
commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation
Princeton's WordNet
beginningnoun
the event consisting of the start of something
"the beginning of the war"
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end, middle, ending, finish, conclusion, closingSynonyms:
starting time, origin, kickoff, rootage, showtime, commencement, root, get-go, first, source, start, outset, offsetbeginning, 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"
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middle, end, ending, finish, conclusion, closingSynonyms:
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-backbeginningnoun
the first part or section of something
"`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
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ending, middle, end, conclusion, finish, closingSynonyms:
starting time, origin, kickoff, rootage, showtime, commencement, root, get-go, first, source, start, outset, offsetbeginning, 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, closingSynonyms:
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 linebeginning, start, commencementadjective
the act of starting something
"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
Antonyms:
middle, end, conclusion, ending, finish, closingSynonyms:
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, jumpbeginning(a), firstadjective
serving to begin
"the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
beginningnoun
Synonyms:
commencement, inception, opening, outset, initiation, indication, incipience, nascency, incipiency, threshold, tyronism, novitiate, origin, source
How to use beginning in a sentence?
I think the important thing for us as a group is that we stuck together through everything and we overcame those challenges, the women on this team have had each other’s backs from the start and from the beginning, and I think the group that we have, and the family that we have is what has kept us going through all of this and what has kept us kind of overcoming those obstacles.
Our early estimation, based on experience, is that it caused widespread damage, beginning from Palu northward to Donggala.
We are taking the opportunity to add exposure in Brazil from the beginning of this year. Not just sovereign but to some corporate names which have limited exposure to the scandal, but have sold off on overall headline risk.
We want to make sure that our critical workforce who we’ve relied on from the beginning … that our workers can get back, and John Lamparski/Getty Images includes our health care, elder care, home health care, sanitation, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants — you know who you are.
People are beginning to look at the three candidates, and they're saying who can win? who has the experience? We spent the last seven years saying, how could we have elected a first term United States senator?
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#317 | end | |
#735 | close | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1888 | ending | |
#2674 | finish | |
#3841 | completion | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#4038 | closing | |
#6054 | termination | |
#50801 | consummation |
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