Antonyms for beginning


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bih-gin-ing
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ


Definition of beginning

Origin :
  • late 12c., "time when something begins," from begin. Meaning "act of starting something" is from early 13c. The Old English word was fruma.
  • noun start of an event or action
  • noun origin, cause
Example sentences :
  • He was beginning to be more afraid and more distrustful of his nephew than ever.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • In the private car the little party was beginning its own journey Eastward.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • His spirits rose, and he felt that life was just beginning for him.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • In the beginning, a star, when drawn with a nail into a brick looked as follows.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Beginning of the struggle between Indo-Europeans and Semites.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • In the beginning each little village had possessed a god of its own.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Honestly, now, I feel as if I was beginning life over again.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • And let there be no misunderstanding—we are going to begin to act, beginning today.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • This period, beginning with 1840, has been styled "a memorable decade" in the history of Parliament.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Yet at the beginning of the present century such arguments were very popular.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Synonyms for beginning

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