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noun beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, embarkation, emergence, evolution, exordium, first step, foundation, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, infancy, initiation, initium, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, scare, source, thresholdstart
verb begin, commence, create, embark on, emerge, evolve, file, give birth to, inaugurate, incept, insinuate, install, introduce, invent, open, originate, set off, take the first step, take the initiativeAssociated concepts: commence an action, start proceedings
See also: arise, cause, commence, conceive, create, embark, embryo, establish, generate, genesis, impel, impetus, inception, incite, initiate, invent, launch, maintain, nascency, onset, originate, origination, outset, overt act, postulate, preface, prelude, stem, threshold, undertake, unveil