Beginning End Bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ Extra Examples Noun Story Middle

• a story has to have a beginning, middle, and end.
• we missed the beginning of the movie.
• she's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
• the birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.

beginning

1. the time when something starts; the first part of an event, a story, etc.
• A story has to have a beginning, middle, and end.
• We missed the beginning of the movie.
• She's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
• The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
• We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
• The animals were weighed at the beginning and end of the experiment.
• At the beginning of 1836, the work was finished.
• Let's start again from the beginning.
• I've read the whole book from beginning to end and still can't understand it.
• Our position was quite clear from the very beginning.

Extra Examples

• I'm paid at the beginning of each month.
• In the beginning I found the course very difficult.
• I disliked her from the very beginning.
• Tell me the whole story, right from the beginning.
• It was an auspicious beginning to his long career.
• She spoke of a new beginning for the nation.
• These changes are just the beginning: much more is to come.
2. the first or early ideas, signs or stages of something
• Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
• The company has grown from humble beginnings.

Extra Examples

• The society had its early beginnings in discussion groups.
• a custom that traces its beginnings to the 15th century
• He built up his multimillion-pound music business from small beginnings.
3. the first sign of something ending
• The scandal was the beginning of the end of his career as a politician.

Extra Examples

• It wasn't the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the end.
• That day was the beginning of the end of our friendship.