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.
A setting about; a beginning.
The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.