BSL Sign Language Dictionary

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beginning

How to sign: 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";

root in BSL Watch how to sign root in British Sign Language
root - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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origin in BSL Watch how to sign origin in British Sign Language
origin - University of Wolverhampton
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sources in BSL Watch how to sign sources in British Sign Language
sources - University of Wolverhampton
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source in BSL Watch how to sign source in British Sign Language

Similiar / Same: origin, source, root, rootage

Categories: point

Within this category: birthplace, derivation, fountainhead, headwaters, home, jumping-off place, point source, spring, trail head, wellhead

beginning

How to sign: 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";

start in BSL Watch how to sign start in British Sign Language
start - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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start in BSL Watch how to sign start in British Sign Language
start - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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Similiar / Same: commencement, outset, get-go, starting time, showtime, offset, start, kickoff, first

Categories: point, point in time

Within this category: birth, incipiency, terminus a quo, threshold

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