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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start of an event or action |
| Synonyms: | alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
| Antonyms: | completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | liftoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rocket launch |
| Synonyms: | blast-off, rocket firing, rocket ignition, shot, take-off |
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| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
aboriginal, aliunde, at the breast, baby, babyish, beginning, begun, boyish, callow, childish, embryonic, first, foremost, girlish, in arms, in long clothes, in one's teens, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, infantile, infantine, initial, initiative, initiatory, innascible, introductory, just begun, kittenish, leading, maiden, mewling, nascent, natal, neonatal, new-born, new-fledged, paronymous, postnatal, postpartum, primeval, primogenial, puerile, puling, rudimental, shardborn, tootlish, unfledged, variorum
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| Concept: | Beginning. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction (precursor); alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure., origin (cause); source, rise; bud, germ; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point [more]; dawn (morning); evolution., title-page; head, heading; van (front); caption, fatihah., entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum; skirts, border (edge)., first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight., rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABCs.
-verbs
begin, commence, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, conceive, initiate, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out (depart); embark in; incept., usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; inaugurate, head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations (prepare); found (cause); set up, set on foot, set agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; launch, broach; open up, open the door to; set about, set to work; make a beginning, make a start; handsel; take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf; break ground, break the ice, break cover; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; open fire, open the ball; ventilate, air; undertake., come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize., begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo; start afresh, make a fresh start, shuffle the cards, resume, recommence.
-adjectives
beginning; initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient; proemial, inaugural; inchoate, inchoative; embryonic, rudimental; primogenial; primeval, primitive, primordial (old); aboriginal; natal, nascent., first, foremost, leading; maiden., begun; just begun
-adverbs
at the beginning, in the beginning; first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost; in limine; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine.
-phrases
aller Anfang ist schwer; dimidium facti qui coepit habet [Cicero]; omnium rerum principia parva sunt [Cicero].
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