Engelsk tillægsord: beginning | |||
1. | beginning serving to begin | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The beginning canto of the poem. The first verse. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | first | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | opening | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | closing | ||
Engelsk navneord: beginning | |||
1. | beginning (om begivenhed) the event consisting of the start of something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The beginning of the war. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Mere specifikke termer | casus belli, conception, creation, egress, emergence, emergence, generation, genesis, ground floor, growth, inception, issue, origin, origination, outgrowth, start | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | conclusion, ending, finish | ||
2. | beginning (om tid) the time at which something is supposed to begin | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They got an early start. She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | point, point in time | ||
Mere specifikke termer | birth, incipience, incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | end, ending, middle | ||
3. | beginning (om erkendelse) the first part or section of something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | division, part, section | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | middle, end | ||
4. | beginning (om sted) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | origin, root, rootage, source | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | point | ||
Mere specifikke termer | birthplace, cradle, derivation, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, home, jumping-off place, place of origin, point of departure, point source, provenance, provenience, spring, trail head, trailhead, wellhead, wellspring | ||
5. | beginning (om handling) the act of starting something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | commencement, start | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change of state | ||
Mere specifikke termer | activation, attack, constitution, creation, debut, entry, establishment, face-off, first appearance, first step, formation, foundation, founding, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, initiation, initiative, innovation, installation, installing, installment, instalment, instauration, institution, introduction, introduction, jump ball, jumping-off point, kickoff, launching, opening, opening move, organisation, organization, origination, point of departure, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, springboard, startup, startup, tone-beginning, unveiling | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Creation | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | finishing, finish | ||