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start

n. the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"

opening

n. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

beginning, start

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

graduation, commencement ceremony, graduation exercise

n. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

graduation, commencement exercises, graduation exercises

n. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

kickoff, beginning, start, 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"

birth, nativity, nascency, nascence

n. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

outbreak

n. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"

affair, occasion, social occasion

n. a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

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"

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"

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"

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