How to pronounce beginning

Say it like this: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
British

What does beginning mean?

nounThe act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states

That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

“What was the beginning of the dispute?”

adjBeing the first portion of some extended thing.

“in the beginning section of the course”

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