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In The Beginning

Definition: In The Beginning

In The Beginning

Adverb

1. With reference to the origin or beginning.

2. Before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: In The Beginning

Synonyms: earlier (adv), in the first place (adv), originally (adv), primitively (adv), to begin with (adv). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: In the Beginning

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In the Beginning is a phrase that is used in many contexts. It is:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "In the Beginning."

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Synonyms within Context: In The Beginning

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Beginning

Adverb: at the beginning, in the beginning; Noun: first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost; in limine; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: In The Beginning

English words defined with "in the beginning": Horse-chestnut. (references)
Specialty definitions using "in the beginning": AlgrinddemosceneHARMONISTSMnasonUSENETWhite Brethren. (references)

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Modern Usage: In The Beginning

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

In the Beginning a Wilderness of Air (1959)

As It Was in the Beginning (1912)

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2003)

In the Beginning (2000)

Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: In The Beginning

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones : The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action : A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End (reference)

  • Scales and Modes in the Beginning (Guitar Center Proline Series) (reference)

  • The Texas Brand: In the Beginning (By Request 3'S) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Babylon 5 - The Gathering (Pilot) / In the Beginning (reference)

  • The Miracle Maker - The Story of Jesus / In the Beginning (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: In The Beginning

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In the beginning of the 1946 holiday film classic "It's a Wonderful Life," angelic figures ... Credit: NASA.

The first in the beginning of a series of photos that were taken while the DEM dredged and raked quahogs to determine suitable donor sites to take quahogs from to initiate the quahog spawner sanctuaries. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

New Montifiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, New York. "In The beginning". Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: In The Beginning

AuthorQuotation

Blaise Pascal

Things are always at their best in the beginning.

Sir P. Sidney

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

The Talmud

Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: In The Beginning

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Thus in the beginning all the world was America, and more so than that is now; for no such thing as money was any where known. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads on the rights of property, and on the conditions of bourgeois production; by means of measures, therefore, which appear economically insufficient and untenable, but which, in the course of the movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the old social order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionising the mode of production. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: In The Beginning

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In the beginning insurrection is an emeute, even as the river is a torrent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In The Beginning

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Nearly all addicted individuals believe in the beginning that they can stop using drugs on their own, and most try to stop without treatment. (references)

Unfortunately, early detection of the tumor is sometimes difficult because the symptoms may be subtle and may not appear in the beginning stages of growth. (references)

The advent of one outpatient test, however, called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has significantly increased the number of syringomyelia cases diagnosed in the beginning stages of the disorder. (references)

Business

Even golf courses are now built following U.S. designs, as opposed to English, as they were in the beginning. (references)

After a period of uncertainty in the beginning of 2000, the Italian economy is in a new phase of positive growth. (references)

Formerly, KDN set up a GIS database covering the southern area of Seoul and the GIS project of KDN is in the beginning stage. (references)

Economic History

Cyprus

As stated in the beginning, this report covers only the part of the island controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. (references)

Philippines

A major bank failure in April 2000 and the impeachment and subsequent departure of President Estrada in the beginning of 2001 led to lower growth. (references)

Lithuania

The average monthly wage is the equivalent of approximately $ 250. The official unemployment rate in the beginning of 1999 was about 7%. The unofficial rate is higher. (references)

Political Rights

Zambia

The MMD attempted to expel 22 of its M.P.'s who were leaders in the anti-third-term movement following the party's convention in the beginning of May. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: In The Beginning

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Barry Manilow

Well, in the beginning I didn't. I mean, the first time I listened to pop music was when I was on the radio.

Fred Thompson

You don't turn around agencies like that overnight. We're in the beginning stages, I think, of instituting some reforms, but the very beginning of it.

Madonna

I think boys are harder in the beginning, and I think they become more independent later. And I think it's the reverse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: In The Beginning

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The local advantages to be obtained would induce the States to overlook in the beginning the dangers and difficulties to which they might ultimately be exposed.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We must be now, as we were in the beginning, a new nation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: In The Beginning

Language Translations for "in the beginning"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

aanvanklik (at, at first, at the outset). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

in het begin (at first, at the outset), aanvankelýk (at first, at the outset, initial). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

komence (at first, at the outset), en la komenco (at first, at the outset). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

í fyrstuni (at first, at the outset). (various references)

   

French

  

d'abord (indeed, instantaneous, instantly), au début (initial). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

yn 'e earste opslach (at first, at the outset), te'n earsten (at first, at the outset). (various references)

   

German

  

anfangs (at first, at the beginning, initially), am anfang (at first, at the beginning, at the start, to start with). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στην αρχή. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בראשית (genesis). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dapprincipio (at, at first, at the outset), dapprima (at, at first, at the outset, first, first of all, firstly), all'inizio (at, at first, at the outset, primarily). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

始めは (at first). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

はじめは (at first, originally). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay ethay eginningbay

   

Polish

  

początkowo. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в начало. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

en un principio (at first, at the outset), al principio (at first, first, first of all, firstly, initially). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

baюda. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

напочатку. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: In The Beginning

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 1, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOutoV hn en arch proV ton qeon
Latin405VulgateHoc erat in principio apud Deum
Old English990West Saxonþæt wæs on fruman mid gode.
Middle English1395WyclifThis was in the bigynnyng at God.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe same was in the beginnynge with God.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe same was in the beginning with God.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe same was in the beginning with God.
Basic English1964OgdenThis Word was from the first in relation with God.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: In The Beginning

LanguageJohn Chapter 1, Verse 2
CebuanoKini siya sa sinugdan uban sa Dios.
Chinese這 " 太 初 與   神 同 在 。
CroatianOna bijaše u poèetku u Boga.
DanishDette var i Begyndelsen hos Gud.
DutchDit was in den beginne bij God.
FinnishHän oli alussa Jumalan tykönä.
FrenchElle était au commencement avec Dieu.
GermanDasselbe war im Anfang bei Gott.
HungarianEz kezdetben az Istennél vala.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSejak semula Ia bersama Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAdalah Ia pada mulanya beserta dengan Allah.
ItalianEgli era in principio presso Dio:
LatvianTas iesâkumâ bija pie Dieva.
MaoriI te Atua ano tenei Kupu i te timatanga.
Modern GreekΟυτος ητο εν αρχη παρα τω Θεω.
NorwegianHan var i begynnelsen hos Gud.
PortugueseEle estava no princípio com Deus.   
RumanianEl era la knceput cu Dumnezeu.
ShuarYámankamtaik Niisha pujuyayi Yusjai.
SpanishÉl era en el principio con Dios.
SwahiliTangu mwanzo Neno alikuwa na Mungu.
SwedishDetta var i begynnelsen hos Gud.
UmaNgkai lomo' -na-imi dohe Alata'ala-e.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: In The Beginning

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-g-h-i-i-i-n-n-n-n-t"

-5 letters: beginning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Translations: Modern
14. Bible Trace
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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