beginning vs middle

beginning

noun
  • The initial portion of some extended thing. 

  • 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. 

  • That which is begun; a rudiment or element. 

  • That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause. 

adj
  • Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. 

middle

noun
  • The part between the beginning and the end. 

  • A centre, midpoint. 

  • The middle stump. 

  • The central part of a human body; the waist. 

  • The middle voice. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the middle voice. 

  • Located in the middle; in between. 

  • Central. 

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