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beginning noun

  /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
  • That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
  • The initial portion of some extended thing.
 begin
  • That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
 begin, aanvang

begin verb

  /biˈɡɪn/ , /bəˈɡɪn/ , /bɪˈɡɪn/
  • (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
 beginnen, aanvangen
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