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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “act of doing that which begins anything”",
"word": "conclusion"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “act of doing that which begins anything”",
"word": "end"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "completion"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "finish"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a good beginning makes a good ending"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "begincement"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "beginningless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "beginning of day"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "beginning of the end"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "unbeginning"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "biginning"
},
"expansion": "Middle English biginning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "begin",
"3": "-ing",
"id2": "gerund noun"
},
"expansion": "begin + -ing",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "beginnings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "beginning (countable and uncountable, plural beginnings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "premiere"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "cause"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
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"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"commencement",
"commencement"
],
[
"action",
"action"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"entrance",
"entrance"
],
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"course",
"course"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"succession",
"succession"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "commencing"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "start"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "starting"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comienzu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "entamu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empiezu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aniciu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "av",
"lang": "Avar",
"roman": "awal",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "авал"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "av",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "əvvəl"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pačátak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пача́так"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ka.na.u:",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ကနဦး"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.ca.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အစ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "adi.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အာဒိ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "començament"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inici"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principi"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "開始"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "开始"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alustamine"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alkaminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "aloitus"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comezo"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empezo"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dac̣q̇eba",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "დაწყება"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anfang"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beginn"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frumisti",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "anastōdeins",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "arkhḗ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀρχή"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ñepyrumby"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kòmansman"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śurū",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शुरू"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kezdet"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kezdés"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aanfang"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "komenco"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "comenciamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaishi",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "開始"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōrai",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "到来"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hajimari",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "始まり"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaa cap phdaəm",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ការចាប់ផ្ដើម"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"alt": "始作",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sijak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "시작"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheo'eum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "처음"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "destpêkirdin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "دەستپێکردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "destpêkirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empesijo"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impisiju"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio (Monastir)"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "initium"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "principium"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prīmordium"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "exordium"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sākums"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pradžia"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pradėjimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "debiutas"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "početok",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почеток"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "komansman"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "c'menchement"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "començament"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principi"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ଆରମ୍ଭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kuminsamentu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aunfank"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "início"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śurū",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ਸ਼ੁਰੂ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "prinzipi"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "începere"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inițiere"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Grischun",
"Sursilvan"
],
"word": "entschatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Sutsilvan"
],
"word": "antscheata"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Surmiran"
],
"word": "antschatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21 0",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
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"_dis": "21 4 70 5",
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"text": "What was the beginning of the dispute?",
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[
"source",
"source"
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},
{
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{
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "13 2 85 1",
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "nl",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "et",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "algus"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
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"word": "alku"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "alkuperä"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "alkupiste"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
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"lang": "French",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"word": "დასაწყისი"
},
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"masculine"
],
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],
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},
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],
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},
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
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"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frymþu"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gerador"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "qallariy"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "istóčnik",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "исто́чник"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "āda",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आद"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "početak"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začetek"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "izvor"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "origen"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "början"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "upphov"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "orsak"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "upprinnelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ursprung"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "upptakt"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "simula"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "தொடக்கம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "ప్రారంభం"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "modalu",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "మొదలు"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "başlangıç"
}
]
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{
"text": "The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "That house is at the beginning of the street.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1975, Frances Keinzley, The Cottage at Chapelyard, page 179:",
"text": "“Is anything the matter?” Lady Lindstrom asked anxiously.\n“No,” Megan told her. “I’m merely trying to decide where the beginning is.”\n“Perhaps at the beginning,” the Chief Constable prompted, rather stupidly, Megan thought.\n“Which beginning?” she asked.",
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],
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{
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"word": "head"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 95",
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"word": "start"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "hasiera"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "et",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "algus"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "alku"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "alkuosa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "alku-"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anfang"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archí",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αρχή"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "(valami) eleje"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "kezdet"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ckb",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "سەرەتایی"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "precipio"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "início"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
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"neuter"
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"masculine"
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "springtime"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "onset"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "origination"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "youth"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comienzu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "entamu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empiezu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aniciu"
},
{
"code": "av",
"lang": "Avar",
"roman": "awal",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "авал"
},
{
"code": "av",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "əvvəl"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pačátak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пача́так"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ka.na.u:",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ကနဦး"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.ca.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အစ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "adi.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အာဒိ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "començament"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inici"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principi"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "開始"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "开始"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počátek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alustamine"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alkaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "aloitus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comencement"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comezo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empezo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dac̣q̇eba",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "დაწყება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anfang"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beginn"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frumisti",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "anastōdeins",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "arkhḗ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀρχή"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ñepyrumby"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kòmansman"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śurū",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शुरू"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kezdet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kezdés"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aanfang"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "komenco"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "comenciamento"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaishi",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "開始"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōrai",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "到来"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hajimari",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "始まり"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaa cap phdaəm",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ការចាប់ផ្ដើម"
},
{
"alt": "始作",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sijak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "시작"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheo'eum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "처음"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "destpêkirdin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "دەستپێکردن"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "destpêkirin"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empesijo"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impisiju"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio (Monastir)"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "initium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "principium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prīmordium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "exordium"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sākums"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pradžia"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pradėjimas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "debiutas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "početok",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почеток"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "komansman"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "c'menchement"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "començament"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principi"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ଆରମ୍ଭ"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kuminsamentu"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aunfank"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "início"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śurū",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ਸ਼ੁਰੂ"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "prinzipi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "începere"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inițiere"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Grischun",
"Sursilvan"
],
"word": "entschatta"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Sutsilvan"
],
"word": "antscheata"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Surmiran"
],
"word": "antschatta"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Vallander"
],
"word": "prinzipi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "āda",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आद"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आरम्भ"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ādi",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आदि"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почетак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "početak"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "почињање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "počinjanje"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začiatok"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počiatok"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začetek"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comienzo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "bigin"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "början"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "start"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "simula"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "umpisa"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ārampam",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ஆரம்பம்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "āti",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ஆதி"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārambhaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ప్రారంభం"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "modalu",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "మొదలు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-rə̂əm",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "การเริ่ม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "başlangıç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "iptida"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "počátok",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поча́ток"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "phần đầu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "bắt đầu"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kimince"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kiminçmint"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "onheyb",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אָנהייב"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načenki",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "наченки"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ébauche"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comezo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Angefangene"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Begonnene"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "kezdemény"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "start"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आरम्भ"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "början"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "simula"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "umpisa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "başlanan"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "սկիզբ"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skzbnapatčaṙ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "սկզբնապատճառ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztóčnik",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изто́чник"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐyuán",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "起源"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počátek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aanvang"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "algus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "alkuperä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "alkupiste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasac̣q̇isi",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "დასაწყისი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beginn"
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{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
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},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hatkhala",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "התחלה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kezdet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kezdőpont"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "byrjun"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tosach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inizio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kigen",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "起源"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hottan",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "発端"
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{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "seretayî",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "سەرەتایی"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
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{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "qallariy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "istóčnik",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "исто́чник"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "āda",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आद"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "početak"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začetek"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "izvor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "origen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "början"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "upphov"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "orsak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
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],
"word": "upprinnelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "ursprung"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "upptakt"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "simula"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "toṭakkam",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "தொடக்கம்"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "ప్రారంభం"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "modalu",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "మొదలు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "başlangıç"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "սկիզբ"
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{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "načálo",
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"neuter"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
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"word": "algus"
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "kezdet"
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{
"code": "ckb",
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"word": "سەرەتایی"
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"code": "lad",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ml",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "início"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "početak"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sl",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "början"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "start"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārambhaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "ప్రారంభం"
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"code": "te",
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"word": "మొదలు"
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"code": "tr",
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"word": "başlangıç"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "đầu"
}
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"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o’clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers’ barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one’s eyes ache, the men’s voices grated harshly, and the girls’ faces saddened one.",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "of or relating to the first portion of something",
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{
"code": "la",
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"word": "principiālis"
}
],
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}
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