beginning start commencement | the act of starting something, he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations |
attack tone-beginning | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
bureaucratic procedure red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
adhesive tape | tape coated with adhesive |
cassette tape | a cassette that contains magnetic tape |
cellulose tape Scotch tape Sellotape | transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending |
duct tape | a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses, duct tape holds the world together |
friction tape insulating tape | a wateresistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors |
magnetic tape mag tape tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide, used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information, he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview |
masking tape masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
tape | a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening, he used a piece of tape for a belt, he wrapped a tape around the package |
tape tape recording taping | a recording made on magnetic tape, the several recordings were combined on a master tape |
tape tapeline tape measure | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths, the carpenter should have used his tape measure |
tape cartridge | a cartridge containing magnetic tape, for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems |
tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers), a component in an audio system |
tape drive tape transport transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read write heads of a tape playback recorder |
tape player | electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
tape recorder tape machine | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape |
beginning | the first part or section of something, `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story |
alliteration initial rhyme beginning rhyme head rhyme | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse, around the rock the ragged rascal ran |
beginning | the event consisting of the start of something, the beginning of the war |
beginning origin root rootage source | 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 |
tape | the finishing line for a foot race, he broke the tape in record time |
tape grass eelgrass wild celery Vallisneria spiralis | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves, Old World and Australia |
paper tape | a long narrow strip of paper |
ticker tape | a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written |
a beginning commencement first outset get-go start kickoff starting time showtime offset | 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 |
record tape | register electronically, They recorded her singing |
tape record | record with a tape recorder |
videotape tape | record on videotape |
tape | fasten or attach with tape, tape the shipping label to the box |
scotch tape sellotape | fasten or attach with sellotape, The hotel manager scotch taped a note to the guest's door |
beginning(a) first | serving to begin, the beginning canto of the poem, the first verse |
taped tape-recorded | recorded on tape |
in the first place earlier in the beginning to begin with originally | before now, why didn't you tell me in the first place? |
primitively originally in the beginning | with reference to the origin or beginning |