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beginning definition

be·gin·ning (-iŋ)

noun

  1. a starting or commencing
  2. the time or place of starting; birth; origin; source English democracy had its beginning in the Magna Carta
  3. the first part the beginning of a book
  4. an early stage or example the beginnings of scientific agriculture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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