Anfang — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beginning noun The point or period at which something starts.
- inception noun The beginning or establishment of something.
- origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
- outset noun The very beginning of something.
- start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
- threshold noun The strip or slab at the bottom of a doorway that you step over to enter.
Senses
Anfang is used for these senses in English:
- beginning (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.
- beginning The initial portion of some extended thing.
- inception The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
- origin The beginning of something.
- outset An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]
- start The beginning of an activity.
- threshold (figurative) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.