beginnings

NOUN

ground floor

Synonyms

WEAK

first crack first stage head start preliminaries very beginning

NOUN

origin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ancestry birth descent lineage

STRONG

blood extraction maternity parentage paternity pedigree stock

Antonyms

WEAK

close completion conclusion consequence death destiny effect end finale goal outcome outgrowth result termination

NOUN

root

Synonyms

STRONGEST

essence foundation heart origin seed soul source stem stuff

STRONG

basis bedrock bottom cause center crux derivation essentiality footing fountain fountainhead fundamental germ ground groundwork inception infrastructure mainspring marrow motive nub nucleus occasion pith provenance provenience quick quintessence radicle radix reason rhizome seat substance substratum tuber underpinning well

WEAK

rock bottom starting point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

effect end result

STRONG

conclusion consequence exterior exteriority extra outgrowth outside trivia

WEAK

derivation derivative sprout

NOUN

rudiments

Synonyms

STRONG

ABCs basics elements essentials foundation guts heart nitty-gritty principles

WEAK

first principles

Antonyms

STRONG

cowardice fear

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“Some beautiful, others sad and desolate. Beginnings, ending, the in-betweens. Seeking to understand where it came from, asking how long it has been there,” she mused.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

He came to New Beginnings looking for help with "only a couple of pounds" in his pocket.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

The speech was at New Beginnings Church in the poor neighborhood of Woodlawn.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2023

The trade book case was led by Bookends & Beginnings, a bookseller in Evanston, Illinois.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2022

Beginnings of the Schleswig-Holstein Question. both in Denmark and the duchies, continued to grow in strength, in spite of press prosecutions and other repressive measures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

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