·noun Enterprise.
II. Beginning ·noun That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
III. Beginning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Begin.
IV. Beginning ·noun That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
V. Beginning ·noun 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.