ending vs beginning

Definitions

noun

1. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
2. the act of ending something
3. the point in time at which something ends
4. event whose occurrence ends something
5. the last section of a communication

Examples

Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010.

Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending?

I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible.

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Definitions

noun

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
3. the first part or section of something
4. the event consisting of the start of something
5. the act of starting something

adjective

1. serving to begin

Examples

IHSB: The way to describe the first pro season for the most oddly named man alive (Allen Lorenz Pollock = A.J. Pollock?) is solid but unspectacular, which is disappointing given that the organization expected him to rip through Mid-A South Bend given that Midwest League Competition wasn't foreign to Pollock, given that Notre Dame plays an exhibition game against the SilverHawks at the beginning of each season.

The blogosphere, meanwhile, is beginning to show signs of commercial acumen: "Lots of bloggers, over time, make a good living – perhaps a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year from advertising.

At the beginning of the protest, Aristide partisans attacked demonstrators, hitting one with a rock and shooting another.

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