The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.
The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.
A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.
The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
The fact of reaching a particular point in time.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.