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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": "beginning of day"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "beginning of the end"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "biginning"
},
"expansion": "Middle English biginning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "beginninge"
},
"expansion": "beginninge",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "beginnunge"
},
"expansion": "beginnunge",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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."
],
"id": "en-beginning-en-noun-odk-o3ro",
"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": "80 2 18 1",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "commencing"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "start"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "starting"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comienzu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "entamu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empiezu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aniciu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "av",
"lang": "Avar",
"roman": "awal",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "авал"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "av",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "əvvəl"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pačátak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пача́так"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ka.na.u:",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ကနဦး"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.ca.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အစ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "adi.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အာဒိ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "començament"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inici"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principi"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "開始"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "开始"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alustamine"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alkaminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "aloitus"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comezo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empezo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dac̣q̇eba",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "დაწყება"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anfang"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beginn"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frumisti",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "anastōdeins",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "arkhḗ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀρχή"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ñepyrumby"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kòmansman"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śurū",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शुरू"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kezdet"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kezdés"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aanfang"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "komenco"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "comenciamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaishi",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "開始"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōrai",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "到来"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hajimari",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "始まり"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaa cap phdaəm",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ការចាប់ផ្ដើម"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"alt": "始作",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sijak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "시작"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheo'eum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "처음"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "destpêkirdin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "دەستپێکردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "destpêkirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empesijo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impisiju"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio (Monastir)"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "initium"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "principium"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prīmordium"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "exordium"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sākums"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pradžia"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pradėjimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "debiutas"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "početok",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почеток"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "komansman"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "c'menchement"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "començament"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principi"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "arômbhô",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ଆରମ୍ଭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "kuminsamentu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aunfank"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "início"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śurū",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ਸ਼ੁਰੂ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "începere"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inițiere"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Grischun",
"Sursilvan"
],
"word": "entschatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Sutsilvan"
],
"word": "antscheata"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Surmiran"
],
"word": "antschatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"Vallander"
],
"word": "prinzipi"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "āda",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आद"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आरम्भ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ādi",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आदि"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почетак"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "početak"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "почињање"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "počinjanje"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začiatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počiatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začetek"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comienzo"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "början"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "start"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "simula"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "umpisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ārampam",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ஆரம்பம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "āti",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ஆதி"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārambhaṁ",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ప్రారంభం"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "modalu",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "మొదలు"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-rə̂əm",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "การเริ่ม"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "başlangıç"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "iptida"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "počátok",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поча́ток"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "phần đầu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "bắt đầu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kimince"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kiminçmint"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 18 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "onheyb",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אָנהייב"
}
]
},
{
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],
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[
"begun",
"begun"
],
[
"rudiment",
"rudiment"
],
[
"element",
"element"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "5 83 9 3",
"sense": "that which is begun, rudiment or element",
"word": "element"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 83 9 3",
"sense": "that which is begun, rudiment or element",
"word": "embryo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 83 9 3",
"sense": "that which is begun, rudiment or element",
"word": "rudiment"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načenki",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "наченки"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ébauche"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comezo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Angefangene"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Begonnene"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "kezdemény"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "start"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आरम्भ"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "början"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "simula"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "umpisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 93 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"word": "başlanan"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 17 4 47 3 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 17 6 45 2 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 14 11 40 6 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 13 65 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What was the beginning of the dispute?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause."
],
"id": "en-beginning-en-noun-auoj3qBK",
"links": [
[
"source",
"source"
]
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "28 14 47 11",
"sense": "at or from the very beginning",
"word": "the get-go"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 14 47 11",
"sense": "at or from the very beginning",
"word": "off the bat"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 14 47 11",
"sense": "at or from the very beginning",
"word": "out of the chute"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 14 47 11",
"sense": "at or from the very beginning",
"word": "out of the gate"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "12 2 85 1",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "origin"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 85 1",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "source"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 85 1",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "start"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 85 1",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "commencement"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِدَايَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "սկիզբ"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skzbnapatčaṙ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "սկզբնապատճառ"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztóčnik",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изто́чник"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐyuán",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "起源"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "počátek"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aanvang"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "algus"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "alkuperä"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "alkupiste"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "début"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "commencement"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasac̣q̇isi",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "დასაწყისი"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beginn"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kòmansman"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hatkhala",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "התחלה"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kezdet"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kezdőpont"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kiindulópont"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "byrjun"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tosach"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inizio"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kigen",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "起源"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hottan",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "発端"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "seretayî",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "سەرەتایی"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "ang",
"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",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "originador"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 87 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"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",
"roman": "načálo",
"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"
},
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"text": "What was the beginning of the dispute?",
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"text": "The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story."
},
{
"text": "That house is at the beginning of the street."
},
{
"ref": "1975, Frances Keinzley, The Cottage at Chapelyard, page 179",
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"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
"word": "font"
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"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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"source": "Thesaurus:beginning",
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "bidāya",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"roman": "skizb",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "սկիզբ"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comienzu"
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{
"code": "ast",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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],
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"code": "ast",
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],
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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],
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"code": "av",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "pačátak",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
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"code": "my",
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"roman": "ka.na.u:",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "ကနဦး"
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"code": "my",
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"roman": "a.ca.",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "အစ"
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"code": "my",
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"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",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inici"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"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"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "begin"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"word": "alustamine"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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],
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"code": "frm",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fro",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comencement"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comezo"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"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"
],
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "frumisti",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "got",
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"roman": "frum",
"sense": "act of doing that which begins anything",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"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"
],
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},
{
"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": [
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"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": "arômbhô",
"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": "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": "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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "that which is begun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "skzbnapatčaṙ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "սկզբնապատճառ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztóčnik",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изто́чник"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "kòmansman"
},
{
"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",
"word": "kiindulópont"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frymþu"
},
{
"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"
],
"word": "originador"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gerador"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "upprinnelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which begins or originates something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ursprung"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "hasiera"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začátek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begin"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "komenco"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "algus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "alku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "alkuosa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "koitto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "alku-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archí",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
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{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "seretayî",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "سەرەتایی"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "precipio"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṭakkaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "തുടക്കം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ārambhaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "ആരംഭം"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begynnelse"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "początek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "início"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "princípio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "început"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "debut"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "početak"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "začetek"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pričetek"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "principio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "början"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "inledning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "start"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "umpisa"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārambhaṁ",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "ప్రారంభం"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "modalu",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "మొదలు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "başlangıç"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "initial portion of some extended thing",
"word": "đầu"
}
],
"word": "beginning"
}
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"2": "begin",
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of or relating to the first portion of something",
"word": "initiālis"
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{
"code": "la",
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"word": "principiālis"
}
],
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}
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