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beginning
English
Alternative forms
- begynnynge (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?g?'n?ng, IPA(key): /b????.n??/
Etymology 1
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin +? -ing.
Noun
beginning (countable and uncountable, plural beginnings)
- (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
- What was the beginning of the dispute?
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
- The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
- That house is at the beginning of the street.
- 1975, Frances Keinzley, The Cottage at Chapelyard, page 179,
- "Is anything the matter?" Lady Lindstrom asked anxiously.
- "No," Megan told her. "I'm merely trying to decide where the beginning is."
- "Perhaps at the beginning," the Chief Constable prompted, rather stupidly, Megan thought.
- "Which beginning?" she asked.
Usage notes
"In the beginning" is an idiomatic expression that means "at first, initially"; it does not mean the same as "at the beginning".
The meaning of "at the beginning" is clear from its parts. This expression is used to refer to the time when or place where something starts; it is used to refer to points in time and space and also to fairly long periods of time and fairly large extents of space. ("At the beginning of the story" can be used to refer to both the first few sentences and to the first chapter or chapters. "At the beginning of the trail" can be used to refer to both the first few meters and the first part of a trail, which can be quite substantial, even a fifth or fourth or more.)
The originally rare and traditionally deprecated usage of "in the beginning of" (instead of "at the beginning of") has become more common but is still ignored by most dictionaries and other authorities or labeled as unidiomatic or incorrect. Interestingly, there is only rarely confusion between the parallel expressions "in the end" and "at the end (of)".
Synonyms
- (act of doing that which begins anything): commencing, start, starting
- (that which is begun; rudiment or element): element, embryo, rudiment
- (that which begins or originates something): origin, source, start, commencement
- (initial portion of some extended thing): head, start
Antonyms
- (act of doing that which begins anything): conclusion, end
Derived terms
- a good beginning makes a good ending
- beginning of day
- in the beginning
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnan? (“to begin”), equivalent to begin +? -ing.
Verb
beginning
- present participle of begin
Adjective
beginning (not comparable)
- (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
- in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
- in the beginning section of the course
Translations
Synonyms
- first
- initial
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inchoative
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incho?t?vus, formed by metathesis from incoh?t?vus, from incoh? (“to begin”). Compare French inchoatif.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?k??.?.t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?ko??t?v/
Adjective
inchoative (not comparable)
- At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
- W. Montagu
- Some inchoative or imperfect rays.
- 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II Of Prussia
- Our first Piece is of Winter, or late Autumn, 1771,—while the solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages; …
- W. Montagu
- (grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
- (grammar) Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
Related terms
- inchoate
Translations
Noun
inchoative (plural inchoatives)
- (grammar) An inchoative construction.
See also
- emerging
- prospective
References
- inchoative aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- inchoative at OneLook Dictionary Search
- inchoative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
inchoative
- inflection of inchoativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
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