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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) origin, origination, inception (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

S: (n) beginning (the event consisting of the start of something) "the beginning of the war"

S: (n) casus belli (an event used to justify starting a war)
S: (n) emergence, egress, issue (the becoming visible) "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
S: (n) origin, origination, inception (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
S: (n) genesis, generation (a coming into being)
S: (n) ground floor (becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage)) "he got in on the ground floor"
S: (n) emergence, outgrowth, growth (the gradual beginning or coming forth) "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
S: (n) start (the beginning of anything) "it was off to a good start"
S: (n) creation, conception (the event that occurred at the beginning of something) "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"

S: (n) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"