Hyphenation of beginning

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word beginning? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

be-gin-ning

Definitions of beginning:

1.
The event consisting of the start of something
The beginning of the war
2.
The time at which something is supposed to begin
They got an early start She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
3.
The first part or section of something
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
4.
The place where something begins, where it springs into being
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance Jupiter was the origin of the radiation Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River Communism's Russian root
5.
The act of starting something
He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
6.
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
We began working at dawn Who will start? Get working as soon as the sun rises! The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia He began early in the day Let's get down to work now
7.
Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
The DMZ begins right over the hill The second movement begins after the Allegro Prices for these homes start at $250
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9.
Set in motion, cause to start
The U.S. started a war in the Middle East The Iraqis began hostilities Begin a new chapter in your life
10.
Begin to speak or say
Now listen
11.
Friends
12.
He began
13.
Be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
The number `one' begins the sequence A terrible murder begins the novel The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester
14.
Have a beginning, of a temporal event
WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland The company's Asia tour begins next month
15.
Have a beginning characterized in some specified way
The novel begins with a murder My property begins with the three maple trees Her day begins with a workout The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
16.
Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Begin a cigar She started the soup while it was still hot We started physics in 10th grade
17.
Achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war
18.
Begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
She began Russian at an early age We started French in fourth grade
19.
Serving to begin
The beginning canto of the poem The first verse

Synonyms of beginning:

adj first, opening
noun happening, occurrence, natural event
noun commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset, point, point in time
noun part, section, division
noun origin, root, rootage, source, point
noun start, commencement, change of state

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