Définitions
1.NounThe 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.
2.NounThat which is begun; a rudiment or element.
3.NounThat which begins or originates something; the source or first cause."What was the beginning of the dispute?"
4.NounThe initial portion of some extended thing."The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.; That house is at the beginning of the street."
5.Verbpresent participle and gerund of begin"He is beginning to read a new book."
6.AdjectiveBeing the first portion of some extended thing."in the beginning paragraph of the chapter; in the beginning section of the course"