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Beginning means the moment or place when something started.

(noun)

1. An example of the beginning of a vacation is when you get on the plane to go away. 2. An example of beginning is January, which is the first month of the year.

The definition of beginning is something that is in the early stages or the first portion of something.

(adjective)

An example of a beginning actor is one who lands his first role.
An example of beginning sewing is a class for those who are new to sewing.

See beginning in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

See beginning in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start.
The time when something begins or is begun: the beginning of the war.
The place where something begins or is begun: at the beginning of the road.
A source; an origin: What was the beginning of the dispute?
The first part: The front matter is at the beginning of the book.
An early or rudimentary phase. Often used in the plural: the beginnings of human life on this planet.