BEGINNING

[noun]On the first day in her new job, she was an hour late - it was not an auspicious/promising beginning (= start). [C]The students are all returning to college ready for the beginning of term. [U]Notes on how to use this dictionary can be found at the beginning of the book. [U]She sat down and read the book straight through from beginning to end. [U]I enjoyed my job at/in the beginning (= )when I started it, but I'm bored with it now. [U]The city had its beginnings (= origins) in Roman times.It was the beginning of the end (= the point where things start to get gradually worse) for their marriage when he started seeing another woman.