[ noun ]
■ the first part or section of something
e.g.)
・`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
→
beginning
[ noun ]
■ the beginning of anything
e.g.)
・it was off to a good start
→
start
[ noun ]
■ the place where something begins, where it springs into being
e.g.)
・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
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beginning
,
origin
,
root
,
rootage
,
source
[ noun ]
■ a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
→
scratch
,
scratch line
,
start
,
starting line
[ noun ]
■ the first or highest in an ordering or series
e.g.)
・He wanted to be the first
→
first
,
number one
[ noun ]
■ the time at which something is supposed to begin
e.g.)
・they got an early start
・she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
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beginning
,
commencement
,
first
,
get-go
,
kickoff
,
offset
,
outset
,
showtime
,
start
,
starting time
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