beginning: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 13 letter points · starts with B · ends with G
Meaning of beginning
noun
- uncountable
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
- countable, uncountable
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- countable, uncountable
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Example: What was the beginning of the dispute?
- countable, uncountable
The initial portion of some extended thing.
Example: The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
Listed forms: beginnings, begynnynge.
Source: Wiktionary — beginning.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of begin
Base or related entry: begin.
Example: He is beginning to read a new book.
Listed forms: begynnynge.
Source: Wiktionary — beginning.
adj
- informal, not-comparable
Being the first portion of some extended thing.
Example: in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
Listed forms: begynnynge.
Source: Wiktionary — beginning.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for beginning.
adjective
serving to begin
noun
the time at which something is supposed to begin
noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
noun
the act of starting something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is beginning in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of beginning
B(3) + E(1) + G(2) + I(1) + N(1) + N(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of beginning
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from beginning
38 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in beginning. Showing up to 24, longest first.