beginning

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

be·gin·ning (bĭ-gĭnʹĭng)n.
1. The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start.
2. The time when something begins or is begun:
the beginning of the war.
3. The place where something begins or is begun:
at the beginning of the road.
4. A source; an origin:
What was the beginning of the dispute?
5. The first part:
The front matter is at the beginning of the book.
6. An early or rudimentary phase. Often used in the plural:
the beginnings of human life on this planet. 
Synonyms: beginning, birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise
These nouns denote the initial stage of a developmental process: the beginning of a new era in technology; the birth of generative grammar; the dawn of civilization; the genesis of quantum mechanics; the nascence of classical sculpture; the rise and decline of an ancient city-state.
Antonyms: end

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beginning(a), first, start, commencement, origin, root, rootage, source
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  finish, finishing, middle, end, ending, conclusion