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início — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beginning noun The point or period at which something starts.
  • commencement noun The beginning or start of something (formal).
  • inception noun The beginning or establishment of something.
  • offset noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
  • opening noun A gap or hole that allows passage or access.
  • outset noun The very beginning of something.
  • start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.

Senses

início 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.
  • commencement The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
  • inception The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
  • offset (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
  • opening Something that is a beginning.
  • outset An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]
  • start The beginning of an activity.

commencement — full definition

  1. noun The beginning or start of something (formal).
  2. noun A graduation ceremony marking the completion of a course of study.

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