begin

begin
begin1{{/term}}
〈het〉
[allereerste deel/tijd] beginningstart, 〈formeel〉 commencement, outset 〈project〉, opening 〈boek, brief, wedstrijd, rede〉
[oorsprong] beginningstart
voorbeelden:
1   het begin van een brief the beginning of a letter
     begin mei early in May/(in) the beginning of May
     het begin van roodvonk the onset of scarlet fever
     een veelbelovend begin a promising start
     het begin inluiden van een periode mark the beginning of a period
     dit is nog maar het begin this is only the beginning
     het begin is er it's a start; the ice is broken 〈onderhandelingen e.d.〉
     een begin maken met iets begin/start something
     aan/bij het begin at the beginning/outset
     (weer) helemaal bij het begin (moeten) beginnen (have to) start at the beginning, (have to) start from scratch
     in het begin at the beginning/outset; 〈in tegenstelling tot later〉 at first, initially
     een boek van begin tot eind lezen read a book from cover to cover
     van (het) begin tot (het) eind from beginning to end, from start to finish
     een begin zonder einde an endless task
     〈spreekwoord〉 alle begin is moeilijk all things are difficult before they are easy
     〈spreekwoord〉 een goed begin is het halve werk well begun is half done
2   het prille begin van de geschiedenis the dawn(ing) of history
     〈religie〉 in den beginne in the beginning
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begin2{{/term}}
〈bijwoord〉
early
voorbeelden:
1   sinds begin februari since early February
     begin juli early in July, at the beginning of July

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