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beginning  start  commencement
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The act of starting something WordNet 3.0
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The act of starting something WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The beginning of an activity or event. OmegaWiki
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. Wiktionary
Act of doing that which begins anything. Wiktionary (translation)
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing. Wiktionary
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He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history. Wiktionary
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