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beginning: noun
begin: I. transitive verb II. intransitive verb

beginning N

1. beginning (start):

beginning

começo m

beginning

início m

at [or in] the beginning

from beginning to end

do início ao fim

2. beginning (origin):

beginning

origem f

I . begin <-nn-, began, begun> [bɪˈgɪn] VB trans

to begin a conversation

entabular uma conversa

to begin doing sth

começar a fazer a. c.

to begin work

começar a trabalhar

II . begin <-nn-, began, begun> [bɪˈgɪn] VB intr

the film begins at eight

o filme começa às oito

to begin with ...

em primeiro lugar ...

Usage examples with beginning

from beginning to end

do início ao fim

at [or in] the beginning

in the beginning/end

tempers were beginning to fray

começar a perder a paciência

at the very beginning/end

bem no início/fim

to mark the beginning/end of sth

comemorar o início/fim de a. c.

today's earthquake makes five since the beginning of the year

o terremoto de hoje é o quinto desde o início do ano

at the beginning/in the middle/at the end of March

no início/no meio/no fim de março

I got my suggestion in at the beginning of the meeting

dei minha sugestão no início da reunião

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The rest of the story took me awhile, but the beginning and the end just flew into my head. en.wikipedia.org

Baby-led weaning allows babies to control their solid food consumption by self-feeding from the very beginning of their experiences with food. en.wikipedia.org

It is payable at the beginning of the financial year, though this is regarded as being the time at which the amount becomes clear. en.wikipedia.org

In 1860, there was the first demarcations of property lines and attributions of street names, marking the beginning of urbanization. en.wikipedia.org

The Vietnamese-language broadcast signal was also jammed by the Vietnamese government since the beginning. en.wikipedia.org

This was the first of many recordings with the compadres (literally familial compatriots), and the beginning of a long friendship and working relationship. en.wikipedia.org

In addition, he taught Roman law beginning in the year 1482. en.wikipedia.org

Elevator music is typically set to a very simple melody so that it can be unobtrusively looped back to the beginning. en.wikipedia.org

The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. en.wikipedia.org

The name lira was used on banknotes beginning in 1973, initially jointly with pound, and exclusively on both coins and banknotes since 1986. en.wikipedia.org

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