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| Main Entry: | commencement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony marking the beginning of stage |
| Synonyms: | admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, curtain-raiser, dawn, dawning, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, outset, proem, services, start, starting point, tee off |
| Antonyms: | cessation, completion, end, ending, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a beginning |
| Synonyms: | advent, alpha, birth, commencement, dawning, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, outstart, rise, source, start, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
Example Sentences
- First of all, magnanimity is an alpha behavior, a sign of strength.
- Unfortunately, their method does not allow the team to tell which of the constants that goes into alpha might be changing.
- Usually in a particular neighborhood, one male establishes himself as the local ogre, the dominant alpha male.
| Main Entry: | genesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, creation |
| Synonyms: | alpha, birth, commencement, dawn, dawning, engendering, formation, generation, inception, opening, origin, outset, propagation, provenance, provenience, root, source, start |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale, finish |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, inception |
| Synonyms: | alpha, birth, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, early stage, embarkation, emergence, entrance, entry, forging, foundation, genesis, git go, inauguration, ingress, initiation, introduction, launch, nativity, opener, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, square one, start, starting point |
| Antonyms: | close, completion, conclusion, death, end, finale, termination |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | alpha*, birth, bow, commencement, countdown, dawn, dawning, day one, derivation, embarkation, exit, first step, flying start, foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, jump-off, kickoff, leaving, onset, opening, origin, outset, running start, setting out, source, spring, square one, start-off, takeoff |
| Antonyms: | completion, conclusion, death, end, ending, finish, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incipience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipiency, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, launch, leadoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, start, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
| Main Entry: | incipiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, launch, leadoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, start, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
| Main Entry: | leadoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, launch, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, start, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
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