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Synonyms of beginning in English:

beginning


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noun

1‘the beginning of the industrial revolution’

SYNONYMS
dawn, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, rise, start, starting point, very beginning, launch, onset, outset, unfolding, development, developing, debut
day one
informal kick-off
formal commencement
ANTONYMS

end

2‘she read the beginning of the book’

SYNONYMS
opening, start, first part, preface, introduction, foreword, preamble, opening statement, opening remarks, prelude, prologue
formal commencement
rare exordium, proem, prolegomenon
ANTONYMS

conclusion, end

3beginnings‘the therapy has its beginnings in China’

SYNONYMS
origin, source, starting point, basis, birthplace, cradle, spring, mainspring, embryo, germ
genesis, creation, infancy
roots, seeds, early stages
fons et origo
literary fountainhead, fount, well spring