beginning

1 عمومی:: ابتدا، شروع‌، اغاز

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: beginning adjectives a new beginning • The country needed a new government and a new beginning. verbs mark the beginning of something ( also signal/herald the beginning of something ) (= show that something is starting to happen ) • This event marked the beginning of a ten-year worldwide depression. see the beginning of something (= be the time when something important starts to happen ) • The 1970s saw the beginning of a technological revolution. phrases right at/from the beginning (= used for emphasis ) • That’s what I suggested right at the beginning. at/from the very beginning (= used for emphasis ) • He had been lying to me from the very beginning. start at the beginning (= start a story or activity at the first part ) • Just start at the beginning and tell us exactly what happened. from beginning to end • The whole project was full of problems from beginning to end. something is just/only the beginning (= used to emphasize that many more things will happen ) • Signing the contract is just the beginning of a long process.

transnet.ir

2 general:: beginning the first part of something such as a story, event, or period of time: • The beginning of the movie is very violent. • Let’s go back to the beginning. start the beginning of something, or the way something begins: • Tomorrow marks the start of the presidential election campaign. • It was not a good start to the day. • The runners lined up for the start of the race. commencement formal the beginning of something – used especially in official contexts: • the commencement of the academic year • the commencement of the contract origin the point from which something starts to exist: • He wrote a book about the origins of the universe. • The tradition has its origins in medieval times. the onset of something the time when something bad begins, such as illness, old age, or cold weather: • the onset of winter • An active lifestyle can delay the onset of many diseases common to aging. dawn literary the beginning of an important period of time in history: • People have worshipped gods since the dawn of civilization. birth the beginning of something important that will change many people’s lives: • the birth of democracy in South Africa • the birth of the environmental movement

Longman-Thesaurus

3 general::   noun ADJ. new She spoke of a new beginning for the nation. VERB + BEGINNING herald, mark This invention marked the beginning of the modern age. | see 2001 saw the beginning of a period of rapid growth. PREP. at the ~ (of sth) I'm paid at the beginning of each month. | from the ~ Tell me the whole story, right from the beginning. | in the ~ In the beginning I found the course very difficult. PHRASES the beginning of the end That holiday together was the beginning of the end of our friendship. | early/first beginnings The society had its early beginnings in discussion groups. | from beginning to end The play was rubbish from beginning to end. | from humble/modest/small beginnings From these small beginnings it grew into the vast company we know today. | the very beginning I disliked her from the very beginning.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: noun starting place: Start at the beginning.

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