the time when something begins (especially life)

The period of time during which Earth completes a single revolution around the sun, consisting of 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds of mean solar time. In the Gregorian calendar the year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 and is divided into 12 months, 52 weeks, and 365 or 366 days, A period of approximately the duration of a calendar year, Age, especially old age

A device that initiates a flow of high voltage across the electrodes of a fluorescent lamp, A participant that starts in a game or race, A pitcher who regularly begins games for a team

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begin

The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start, The time when something begins or is begun, The first part

One that begins, One who is just starting to learn or do something; a novice

The time each morning at which daylight first begins, A first appearance; a beginning, intransitive verb_ To begin to become light in the morning, To begin to appear or develop; emerge

To view or exhibit in advance, To provide a preliminary sample or overview of, verb_ To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete, watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public, noun_ a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public, an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future, An advance showing, as of a movie or art exhibition, to which a selected audience is invited before public presentation begins

a person who brings an action in a court of law, In law, the person who begins a suit before a tribunal for the recovery of a claim_ opposed to defendant, (Law) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant

An abbreviation of January, the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice