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

n. the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

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

n. 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"

kickoff, start, commencement, first, offset, outset, starting time

n. 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"

novice

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

first

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

basic, abecedarian, introductory, basal

adj. serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

onset, oncoming

n. the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

advent, coming

n. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"

kickoff, beginning, start, commencement, first, offset, outset, starting time

n. 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"

advent, coming

n. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

coming, approach, approaching

n. the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

base

n. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

foundation

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

spring, outpouring, fountain, outflow, natural spring

n. a natural flow of ground water

bottom

n. the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"

ground, footing, basis

n. a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"

core

n. the central part of the earth

center, centre, eye, heart, middle

n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

support

n. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support"

onset, oncoming

n. the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

beginning

n. the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

generation

n. the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

creation

n. the human act of creating

origination, origin, genesis, inception

n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

infancy, babyhood, early childhood

n. the early stage of growth or development

morning, dawn, sunrise, aurora, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, sunup, cockcrow, first light, break of the day, break of day

n. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

first

adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

opening

adj. first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"

starting

adj. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

primary

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

direct

adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

initial

adj. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

front

adj. relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"

primitive, crude, rude

adj. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

embryonic, embryotic, in embryo

adj. in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"

incipient, inchoate

adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"

precocious

adj. appearing or developing early; "precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias"

primitive

adj. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

inaugural, initiative, first, maiden, initiatory

adj. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

introductory

adj. serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"

starting

adj. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

primary

adj. "primary grades"

middle

n. an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle

end

n. a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"

conclusion, ending

n. event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

finish, close

n. event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

cessation, surcease

n. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

finish

n. the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up

n. a concluding action

middle

n. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"

ending, end

n. the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

termination, expiration, expiry

n. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

high, secondary

adj. of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate: "secondary school"; "high school"

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