| advanced |
beyond an early or beginning level, or beyond the level of others; in a very developed state. [1/2 definitions] |
| all along |
from the beginning; the whole time. |
| alliteration |
the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence. |
| argue |
to state or claim in support of what one thinks or believes (often followed by a clause beginning with "that"). [1/3 definitions] |
| as of |
beginning on; from. |
| at first |
in the beginning, or on the first occasion. |
| attack |
a sudden beginning of a disease or illness. [1/5 definitions] |
| bar1 |
a vertical line that marks the beginning or end of a measure of music, or the music between two of these lines. [1/10 definitions] |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy becoming an adult and the beginning of his religious duties. The bar mitzvah usually takes place when the boy is thirteen years old. |
| BASIC |
a beginning computer language. BASIC stands for "beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code." |
| bat mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a girl becoming an adult and the beginning of her religious duties. The bat mitzvah usually takes place when the girl is thirteen years old. |
| birth |
beginning; origin. [1/3 definitions] |
| bud1 |
a flower that is just beginning to open or will open soon. [1/4 definitions] |
| capillary |
a tiny blood vessel joining the end of an artery to the beginning of a vein. |
| century |
one of the hundred-year periods into which human history is divided. Centuries are usually counted forward or backward from the beginning of the Christian era. [1/2 definitions] |
| commencement |
the act or time of beginning. [1/2 definitions] |
| conception |
the fertilizing of an egg by a sperm; beginning of pregnancy. [1/2 definitions] |
| cradle |
the beginning place of an event or idea. [1/4 definitions] |
| dawn |
the very beginning of something. [1/5 definitions] |
| designated hitter |
a member of an American League baseball team who is chosen at the beginning of a game to bat in place of the pitcher. |
| dialing code |
the British word for the set of digits at the beginning of a telephone number that represents a telephone district. "Dialing code" has a meaning similar to "area code." |