beginningPronunciation: /bɪˈgɪnɪŋ/Translate beginning | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of beginning noun the point in time or space at which something begins:he left at the beginning of February they had reached the beginning of the wood the first part or earliest stage of something:the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another she had the beginnings of a headache (beginnings) the background or origins of a person or organization:he had risen from humble beginnings to great wealthPhrases the beginning of the end the first sign of the failure or end of something. beginning in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of beginning in the US English dictionary