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the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night'' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism''s Russian root" the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" |
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