<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or circumstance of entering upon an action or state: the beginning of hostilities</li><li>the point of time or space at which anything begins: the beginning of the Christian era; the beginning of the route</li><li>the first part: the beginning of the book; the beginning of the month</li><li>the initial stage or part of anything: the beginnings of science</li><li>origin; source; first cause: A misunderstanding about the rent was the beginning of their quarrel</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>just formed: a beginning company</li><li>first; opening: the beginning chapters of a book</li><li>basic or introductory: beginning Spanish</li><li>learning the fundamentals: a beginning swimmer</li></ul>