· the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event

Antonym(s): ending

· 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"

Synonym(s): commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting_time, showtime, offset

Hypernym(s): point, point_in_time

Antonym(s): middle, end

· the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

Hypernym(s): part, section, division

Antonym(s): middle, end

· 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"

Synonym(s): origin, root, rootage, source

Hypernym(s): point

· the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

Synonym(s): start, commencement

Hypernym(s): change_of_state

· serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

Synonym(s): first