- present participle of begin.
beginning
Example Sentences
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He continued, “I remember George said at the very beginning, ‘There are no good and bad people in this.’
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026
One possibility, they proposed, was the influence of age beliefs held at the beginning of the study.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
At last, beginning one midnight, the air pumps began and the work arose like a limestone-colored soufflé.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
"Some are beginning to think that taking a pill is better than eating food," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
Papa sat down on my bed and said, “Suppose you start at the beginning, and tell me all about it. I’d like to know just what did go on down in those bottoms.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing beginning
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 3
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