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.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
The act or an instance of importing.
The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).