beginning

noun

How many syllables in beginning?

There are 3 syllables in the word beginning.

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Divide beginning into syllables:

be · gin · ning

How to pronounce beginning:

Definition of beginning:

beginning (noun):: a start; the point at which something begins start; the event consisting of the start of something.

Synonyms for beginning:

alpha

baseline

birth

break

casus belli

chance

commencement

conception

creation

dawn

day one

egress

emergence

first

generation

genesis

get-go

ground floor

growth

happening

inauguration

inception

infancy

initiation

introduction

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Antonyms for beginning:

abortion

adjournment

adulthood

ancestor

appendix

being

cessation

closing

closure

coda

completion

conclusion

concrete

consequence

consummation

culmination

death

decline

demise

denouement

desistance

disadvantage

discontinuance

discontinuation

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