beginning

simple noun29 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.2

Used to describe a fresh start or a new opportunity.

Describing a start showing signs that it will be good or successful.

Describing a start that gives reason to hope for success.

Describing a start that suggests future success.

Describing a start not likely to be successful or good.

Describing a start that does not seem lucky or suggest future success.

Covering the entire extent of something, from the start to the finish.

Emphasizes the absolute start or first moment.

Used to say that more, often bigger or more serious, things will happen.

Used to say that more, often bigger or more serious, things will happen.

The point where a final, negative outcome has started and is now inevitable.

Starting from a small scale.

Starting from a simple or poor background.

Starting from a not large or wealthy background.

Refers to the very first stages of development.

Emphasizes the very first stages of existence or development.

Starting from the very first part or moment.

Refers to the point in time when something starts.

Refers to the early period of something, often implying a later change.

To represent the start of an event or period.

To experience or witness the start of a period or event.

To be a sign that something is about to start.

To see the start of an event or period take place.

To symbolize or stand for the start of something.

To be a symbol of the start of something.

To find the origin or starting point of something.

To mean or represent the start of something.

To be a sign that something is starting.

To mean that something will start, often something bad.