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

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.

Crosswords: In The Beginning

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)

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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)

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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.

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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)

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)

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

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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)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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 references; see credits.

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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