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"the beginning canto of the poem"adjectiveserving to begin
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nounthe time at which something is supposed to begin
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"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"nounthe place where something begins, where it springs into beingtype of:
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"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"nounthe act of starting something
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"the beginning of the war"nounthe event consisting of the start of somethingOpposite:type of:
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"`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"nounthe first part or section of something
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first home head start part point happening attack begin birth spring opening issue section source generation organization division entry foundation creation root growth institution origin constitution establishment introduction formation initiative cradle debut showtime organisation threshold genesis conception launching founding initiation installation installment birthplace inauguration innovation occurrence activation installing offset outset instalment groundbreaking emergence unveiling inception commencement kickoff headwater startup icebreaker egress scrum derivation springboard wellspring provenance outgrowth fountainhead origination resumption trailhead wellhead get-go starting time point in time terminus a quo incipience starting point incipiency rootage point source provenience jumping-off place trail head headspring place of origin point of departure change of state face-off first appearance first step groundbreaking ceremony housing start instauration jump ball jumping-off point opening move recommencement scrummage tone-beginning occurrent natural event ground floor casus belli