beginning
The act of doing that which begins anythingThe 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.
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» I'm beginning to lose my patience.
Ich verliere gleich die Geduld. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я начинаю терять терпение. — marafon
Я починаю втрачати терпець. — deniko
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Examples
971 sentencesI'm beginning to lose my patience.
Я починаю втрачати терпець. — deniko
ruЯ начинаю терять терпение. — marafon
deIch verliere gleich die Geduld. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm beginning to not like you.
Ти мені починаєш не подобатися. — deniko
Tom is beginning to go deaf.
Том починає втрачати слух. — deniko
ruТом начинает терять слух. — marafon
deTom fängt an, taub zu werden. — dinkel_girl
Meaning
4 senses(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.
Anfang, Beginn
нача́лоnačálo
поча́токpočátok
the time at which something is supposed to begin
(countable, uncountable)That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?
Beginn
нача́лоnačálo, исто́чникistóčnik
(countable, uncountable)That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Angefangene, Begonnene
нача́лоnačálo
(countable, uncountable)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.
Anfang
нача́лоnačálo
поча́токpočátok
Origin
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
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Forms
plural: beginnings| Singular | beginning |
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regular
Synonyms
21 synonyms- the time at which something is supposed to begin:commencementfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtime
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being:originrootrootagesource
- the act of starting something:startcommencement
Antonyms
6 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- is beginning to
- beginning to feel
- from the beginning
- at the beginning
- beginning to get
- the beginning of
- beginning to believe
- beginning to lose
- beginning to end
- beginning to understand
- beginning to worry
- from beginning to
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.