noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ new
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She spoke of a new ~ for the nation.
▪ auspicious , hopeful , promising
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It was an auspicious ~ to his long career.
▪ inauspicious , unpromising ( esp. BrE )
VERB + BEGINNING
▪ herald , mark , represent , signal , signify , spell , symbolize
▪
This invention marked the ~ of the modern age.
▪ see , witness
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2001 saw the ~ of a period of rapid growth.
▪ trace
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a custom that traces its ~s to the 15th century
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~ (of sth)
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I'm paid at the ~ of each month.
▪ from the ~
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Tell me the whole story, right from the ~.
▪ in the ~
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In the ~ I found the course very difficult.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of the end
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That day was the ~ of the end of our friendship.
▪ early ~s , first ~s
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The society had its early ~s in discussion groups.
▪ from ~ to end
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The play was nonsense from ~ to end.
▪ from humble ~s , from modest ~s , from small ~s
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From these small ~s it grew into the vast company we know today.
▪ be just the ~ , be only the ~
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These changes are just the ~: much more is to come.
▪ the very ~
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I disliked her from the very ~.