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начало meaning in English

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начало noun
{n}

beginning [beginnings](act of doing that which begins anything)
noun
[UK: bɪ.ˈɡɪn.ɪŋ] [US: bɪ.ˈɡɪn.ɪŋ]

birth [births](beginning or start; a point of origin)
noun
[UK: bɜːθ] [US: ˈbɝːθ]

commencement [commencements](an act of commencing or beginning)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmen.smənt] [US: kə.ˈmen.smənt]

exordium [exordiums](beginning)
noun
[UK: ek.ˈsɔː.djəm] [US: ɪɡ.ˈzɔːr.diːəm]

inception [inceptions](the creation or beginning of something)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈsep.ʃn̩] [US: ˌɪn.ˈsep.ʃn̩]

kick-off [kick-offs](opening sequence of an event)
noun
[UK: ˈkɪk.ɒf] [US: ˈkɪk.ɒf]

opening [openings](beginning)
noun
[UK: ˈəʊ.pən.ɪŋ] [US: ˈoʊ.pən.ɪŋ]

origin [origins](beginning of something)
noun
[UK: ˈɒr.ɪdʒ.ɪn] [US: ˈɔːr.ɪdʒ.ɪn]

outset(initial stage of something)
noun
[UK: ˈaʊt.set] [US: ˈaʊt.ˌset]

prime [primes](earliest stage)
noun
[UK: praɪm] [US: ˈpraɪm]

start [starts](beginning of an activity)
noun
[UK: stɑːt] [US: ˈstɑːrt]

начало координат noun
{n}

origin [origins](point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
noun
[UK: ˈɒr.ɪdʒ.ɪn] [US: ˈɔːr.ɪdʒ.ɪn]

брать начало verb

spring to life(start to exist)
verb

брать начало verb
{imPlf}

go back(to extend into past time)
verb
[UK: ɡəʊ ˈbæk] [US: ˈɡoʊ ˈbæk]

давать начало verb

give rise to(to be the origin of; to produce)
verb
[UK: ɡɪv raɪz tuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈɡɪv ˈraɪz ˈtuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

лиха беда начало phrase

the first step is always the hardestphrase

положить начало verb
{Plf}

break the ice(to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness)
verb
[UK: breɪk ðə aɪs] [US: ˈbreɪk ðə ˈaɪs]

хорошее начало полдела откачало phrase

a good beginning makes a good ending(good beginnings promise a good end)
phrase

well begun is half done(much depends on the beginning of an endeavour)
phrase