beginningn.

Brit.

/bᵻˈɡɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/bəˈɡɪnɪŋ/,

/biˈɡɪnɪŋ/

Forms: Also bi-, bygyn(n)yng; Middle English -unge.

Etymology: < begin v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action or process of entering upon existence or upon action, or of bringing into existence; commencing, origination.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun]

ordeOE

thresholdeOE

frumthc950

anginOE

frumeOE

worthOE

beginninga1225

springc1225

commencementc1250

ginninga1300

comsingc1325

entryc1330

aginning1340

alphac1384

incomea1400

formec1400

ingressc1420

birtha1425

principlea1449

comsementa1450

resultancec1450

inition1463

inceptiona1483

entering1526

originala1529

inchoation1530

opening1531

starting1541

principium1550

entrance1553

onset1561

rise1589

begin1590

ingate1591

overture1595

budding1601

initiationa1607

starting off1616

dawninga1631

dawn1633

impriminga1639

start1644

fall1647

initial1656

outset1664

outsettinga1698

going off1714

offsetting1782

offset1791

commence1794

aurora1806

incipiency1817

set-out1821

set-in1826

throw-off1828

go-off1830

outstart1844

start1857

incipience1864

oncome1865

kick-off1875

off-go1886

off1896

get-go1960

lift-off1967

a1225 Leg. Kath. 289 As euch þing hefde beginnunge of his godlec.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 838 Þar þai biginning gan to tak.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. 316 Withouten begynnynge and withouten endynge.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 2 A line hath his beginning from a point.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 397 Maximilian assone as he was come to Trent, to giue beginning to the warre.

1670 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 4) iii. §1. 17 The world..was not for everlasting, but took beginning.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 171 The beginning of change, like the beginning of strife, is like the letting out of water.

b. viewed as a definite fact belonging to anything extended in time or space.

ΚΠ

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 19 Ed þe beginnunge of þe venite.

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.i The begynnynge is halfe y^e hole.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Of a good begynnyng comth a good ende.

a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 All thing hath a begining.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 111 That is the true beginning of our end.

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. v. 117 A beginning is that, which nothing necessarily precedes, but which something naturally follows.

1836 T. P. Thompson Let. 13 Apr. in Lett. to Constituents 38 As was shrewdly intimated, in respect of the question of Primogeniture this is only ‘the beginning of the end’.

2. The point of time at which anything begins; absol. the time when the universe began to be.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning of time or the world

beginningc1175

creation1497

prime1616

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þis bitacneð þe world þet wes from biginnegge.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. i. 1 In the bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erthe.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. i. C Thou o Lorde..art from the begynnynge.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 John ii. 13 Yee haue knowen him that is from the beginning .

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iii. 31 Germany proclaims the era of 843 the beginning of her national existence.

a. That in which anything has its rise, or in which its origin is embodied; origin, source, fount.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun]

welleOE

mothereOE

ordeOE

wellspringeOE

fathereOE

headeOE

oreOE

wellspringOE

rootc1175

morea1200

beginningc1200

head wella1325

sourcec1374

principlea1382

risinga1382

springinga1382

fountain14..

springerc1410

nativity?a1425

racinea1425

spring1435

headspring?a1439

seminaryc1440

originationc1443

spring wellc1450

sourdre1477

primordialc1487

naissance1490

wellhead?1492

offspringa1500

conduit-head1517

damc1540

springhead1547

principium1550

mint1555

principal1555

centre1557

head fountain1563

parentage1581

rise1589

spawna1591

fount1594

parent1597

taproot1601

origin1604

fountainhead1606

radix1607

springa1616

abundary1622

rist1622

primitive1628

primary1632

land-spring1642

extraction1655

upstart1669

progenerator1692

fontala1711

well-eye1826

first birth1838

ancestry1880

Quelle1893

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 73 Þe shame þe þe man haueð of his sinne..is þe biginnigge of fremfulle sinbote.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 44 Biginnunge & rote of al þis ilke reuðe.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A j b Adam the begynnyng of man kynde.

1611 Bible (King James) Coloss. i. 18 The head of the body, the Church: who is the beginning, the first borne from the dead.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. i. 31/1 Thy true Beginning and Father is in Heaven.

†b. A first cause, first principle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause

First Cause1393

primum mobile1548

movera1550

impulsive causea1575

primus motor1579

beginning1587

first mobile1645

causa causans1659

first mover1711

prime mover1795

leader1805

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 71 The Magies..held three beginnings, whom..they called Oromases, Mitris, and Ariminis, (that is to say) God, Mynd, and Soule.

c. concrete. The head or chief extremity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > upper end

headeOE

chiefc1400

fining?1448

beginning1483

uppermost1628

top1783

1483 Cath. Angl. 26 Begynnynge, caput.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 61^v The second Muscle begynneth at the same Tubercle..with a sharpe begynnyng.

4. The earliest or first part of any space of time, of a book, a journey, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning

beginning1297

primec1300

firstc1330

primity1546

prime tide1549

springtime1579

morning1595

vaward1599

noviceship1610

fore-enda1616

vernalitya1639

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 399 In þe bygynnynge of Jule þys batayle was ydo.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 385 As Lyncolnyence saiþ in þe bygynnynge of his dictis.

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 11 In the begynnynge of the moneth of Octobre.

1549 Bk. Com. Pr., 3rd Collect Grace Who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day.

1611 Bible (King James) Num. x. 10 In the beginnings of your monethes, ye shall blow with the trumpets ouer your burnt offerings.

1743 J. Morris Serm. ii. 35 He explains himself in the begining of this chapter.

5. The initial or rudimentary stage; the earliest proceedings. Often in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning > the earliest stage(s)

beginningc1200

calendsc1374

crepusculum1398

childhood1549

infancy1555

rudiments1566

primordium1577

primitives1602

inchoation1652

inceptive1728

incunabula1824

baby step1825

inchoate1845

incipiency1858

incipience1864

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 83 Þerfore wurð here ende werse þene here biginninge.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 72 Þane dyaþ þet is to þe guoden begynnynge of liue.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. iv. f. xiiii Vnder the grosse beginnynges of this worlde.

1611 Bible (King James) Job viii. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. Pref. i A considerable encrease to my beginnings.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 156 People..have acquired great fortunes from small beginnings .

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 10 The beginnings of confusion with us in England.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 597 The beginnings of physical science were more slow and timid there.

†6. An undertaking. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking

forec900

aprisec1320

exploitc1425

undertakingc1425

beginning1481

enterprise1548

apprinze1559

embracement1641

undertake1647

undertakement1678

sashay1900

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xxiv. 192 In alle begynnynges and in all operacions the name of god ought to be called.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

beginningadj.

Brit.

/bᵻˈɡɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/bəˈɡɪnɪŋ/,

/biˈɡɪnɪŋ/

Etymology: < begin v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. That comes into existence or begins its course; incipient, commencing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] > that begins

entering?a1425

beginning1576

upstarting1581

starting1811

commencing1830

1576 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 72 The primitive and beginning church.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) 201 He helpt my slow and beginning endeavours.

1775 G. Stuart tr. J. L. de Lolme Constit. Eng. ii. xvii. 293 He peaceably weathered the beginning storm.

1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. ii. xviii. 540 [She] waited for her parliament to be the beginning innovators.

b. spec. Of a course of study, book, student, etc.: preceding others in a series; elementary. North American.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > rudimentary

elementary1552

alphabetary1569

elemental1577

rudimental1597

rudimentary1619

one-fingered1868

beginning1923

1923 E. M. Roberts (title) The beginning telegrapher.

1928 J. C. Almack & A. R. Lang (title) The beginning teacher.

1962 W. S. Avis et al. (title) Dictionary of Canadian English. The Beginning Dictionary.

1962 S. E. Martin in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 153 In a sense, the beginning student needs something very similar.

1964 Amer. Speech 39 51 It is intended as a textbook for a beginning course.

2. Coming first or in front; leading the way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adjective]

foregoing1530

headmost1592

beginning1609

first1647

previous1658

forehand1664

leading1771

lead1846

vanmost1865

front flight1899

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 40 Euery Beginning Note without a tayle, if the second Note ascend, is a Breefe.

Derivatives

† beginningly adv. Obsolete in Middle English begynandly, initially, at the beginning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adverb]

firstlOE

beginninglya1340

originally1430

firstly1605

initiallya1628

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 152 Bigynandly . that was fra bigynynge of mannys kynd . i . knew that thou hight the kyngdome of heuen till thi lufers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beginning
释义	beginningn. Brit. /bᵻˈɡɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /bəˈɡɪnɪŋ/, /biˈɡɪnɪŋ/ Forms: Also bi-, bygyn(n)yng; Middle English -unge. Etymology: < begin v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action or process of entering upon existence or upon action, or of bringing into existence; commencing, origination. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 a1225 Leg. Kath. 289 As euch þing hefde beginnunge of his godlec. a1300 Cursor Mundi 838 Þar þai biginning gan to tak. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. 316 Withouten begynnynge and withouten endynge. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 2 A line hath his beginning from a point. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 397 Maximilian assone as he was come to Trent, to giue beginning to the warre. 1670 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 4) iii. §1. 17 The world..was not for everlasting, but took beginning. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 171 The beginning of change, like the beginning of strife, is like the letting out of water. b. viewed as a definite fact belonging to anything extended in time or space. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 19 Ed þe beginnunge of þe venite. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.i The begynnynge is halfe y^e hole. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Of a good begynnyng comth a good ende. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 All thing hath a begining. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 111 That is the true beginning of our end. View more context for this quotation a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. v. 117 A beginning is that, which nothing necessarily precedes, but which something naturally follows. 1836 T. P. Thompson Let. 13 Apr. in Lett. to Constituents 38 As was shrewdly intimated, in respect of the question of Primogeniture this is only ‘the beginning of the end’. 2. The point of time at which anything begins; absol. the time when the universe began to be. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning of time or the world beginningc1175 creation1497 prime1616 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þis bitacneð þe world þet wes from biginnegge. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. i. 1 In the bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erthe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. i. C Thou o Lorde..art from the begynnynge. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 John ii. 13 Yee haue knowen him that is from the beginning . View more context for this quotation 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iii. 31 Germany proclaims the era of 843 the beginning of her national existence. 3. a. That in which anything has its rise, or in which its origin is embodied; origin, source, fount. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] welleOE mothereOE ordeOE wellspringeOE fathereOE headeOE oreOE wellspringOE rootc1175 morea1200 beginningc1200 head wella1325 sourcec1374 principlea1382 risinga1382 springinga1382 fountain14.. springerc1410 nativity?a1425 racinea1425 spring1435 headspring?a1439 seminaryc1440 originationc1443 spring wellc1450 sourdre1477 primordialc1487 naissance1490 wellhead?1492 offspringa1500 conduit-head1517 damc1540 springhead1547 principium1550 mint1555 principal1555 centre1557 head fountain1563 parentage1581 rise1589 spawna1591 fount1594 parent1597 taproot1601 origin1604 fountainhead1606 radix1607 springa1616 abundary1622 rist1622 primitive1628 primary1632 land-spring1642 extraction1655 upstart1669 progenerator1692 fontala1711 well-eye1826 first birth1838 ancestry1880 Quelle1893 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 73 Þe shame þe þe man haueð of his sinne..is þe biginnigge of fremfulle sinbote. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 44 Biginnunge & rote of al þis ilke reuðe. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A j b Adam the begynnyng of man kynde. 1611 Bible (King James) Coloss. i. 18 The head of the body, the Church: who is the beginning, the first borne from the dead. View more context for this quotation 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. i. 31/1 Thy true Beginning and Father is in Heaven. †b. A first cause, first principle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause First Cause1393 primum mobile1548 movera1550 impulsive causea1575 primus motor1579 beginning1587 first mobile1645 causa causans1659 first mover1711 prime mover1795 leader1805 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 71 The Magies..held three beginnings, whom..they called Oromases, Mitris, and Ariminis, (that is to say) God, Mynd, and Soule. c. concrete. The head or chief extremity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > upper end headeOE chiefc1400 fining?1448 beginning1483 uppermost1628 top1783 1483 Cath. Angl. 26 Begynnynge, caput. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 61^v The second Muscle begynneth at the same Tubercle..with a sharpe begynnyng. 4. The earliest or first part of any space of time, of a book, a journey, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning beginning1297 primec1300 firstc1330 primity1546 prime tide1549 springtime1579 morning1595 vaward1599 noviceship1610 fore-enda1616 vernalitya1639 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 399 In þe bygynnynge of Jule þys batayle was ydo. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 385 As Lyncolnyence saiþ in þe bygynnynge of his dictis. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 11 In the begynnynge of the moneth of Octobre. 1549 Bk. Com. Pr., 3rd Collect Grace Who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day. 1611 Bible (King James) Num. x. 10 In the beginnings of your monethes, ye shall blow with the trumpets ouer your burnt offerings. View more context for this quotation 1743 J. Morris Serm. ii. 35 He explains himself in the begining of this chapter. 5. The initial or rudimentary stage; the earliest proceedings. Often in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning > the earliest stage(s) beginningc1200 calendsc1374 crepusculum1398 childhood1549 infancy1555 rudiments1566 primordium1577 primitives1602 inchoation1652 inceptive1728 incunabula1824 baby step1825 inchoate1845 incipiency1858 incipience1864 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 83 Þerfore wurð here ende werse þene here biginninge. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 72 Þane dyaþ þet is to þe guoden begynnynge of liue. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. iv. f. xiiii Vnder the grosse beginnynges of this worlde. 1611 Bible (King James) Job viii. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. View more context for this quotation 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. Pref. i A considerable encrease to my beginnings. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 156 People..have acquired great fortunes from small beginnings . View more context for this quotation 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 10 The beginnings of confusion with us in England. View more context for this quotation 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 597 The beginnings of physical science were more slow and timid there. †6. An undertaking. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking forec900 aprisec1320 exploitc1425 undertakingc1425 beginning1481 enterprise1548 apprinze1559 embracement1641 undertake1647 undertakement1678 sashay1900 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xxiv. 192 In alle begynnynges and in all operacions the name of god ought to be called. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). beginningadj. Brit. /bᵻˈɡɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /bəˈɡɪnɪŋ/, /biˈɡɪnɪŋ/ Etymology: < begin v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. a. That comes into existence or begins its course; incipient, commencing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] > that begins entering?a1425 beginning1576 upstarting1581 starting1811 commencing1830 1576 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 72 The primitive and beginning church. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) 201 He helpt my slow and beginning endeavours. 1775 G. Stuart tr. J. L. de Lolme Constit. Eng. ii. xvii. 293 He peaceably weathered the beginning storm. 1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. ii. xviii. 540 [She] waited for her parliament to be the beginning innovators. b. spec. Of a course of study, book, student, etc.: preceding others in a series; elementary. North American. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > rudimentary elementary1552 alphabetary1569 elemental1577 rudimental1597 rudimentary1619 one-fingered1868 beginning1923 1923 E. M. Roberts (title) The beginning telegrapher. 1928 J. C. Almack & A. R. Lang (title) The beginning teacher. 1962 W. S. Avis et al. (title) Dictionary of Canadian English. The Beginning Dictionary. 1962 S. E. Martin in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 153 In a sense, the beginning student needs something very similar. 1964 Amer. Speech 39 51 It is intended as a textbook for a beginning course. 2. Coming first or in front; leading the way. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adjective] foregoing1530 headmost1592 beginning1609 first1647 previous1658 forehand1664 leading1771 lead1846 vanmost1865 front flight1899 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 40 Euery Beginning Note without a tayle, if the second Note ascend, is a Breefe. Derivatives † beginningly adv. Obsolete in Middle English begynandly, initially, at the beginning. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adverb] firstlOE beginninglya1340 originally1430 firstly1605 initiallya1628 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 152 Bigynandly . that was fra bigynynge of mannys kynd . i . knew that thou hight the kyngdome of heuen till thi lufers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1175adj.a1340
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