Dictionary definition · beginning
noun
- the event consisting of the start of something"the beginning of the war"
- the time at which something is supposed to begin"they got an early start"
- the first part or section of something"‘It was a dark and stormy night’ is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
- the act of starting something"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
adjective
- serving to begin"the beginning canto of the poem"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).