beginning to end
The whole way
Beginning to end describes the full extent of something, from its start to its finish.
The phrase emphasizes completeness or thoroughness: I read the book from beginning to end, She was smiling from beginning to end.
It often implies sustained attention or continuous experience through an entire duration.
- startTo set going
- start to finishEntire duration of something
- finishBring to completion
- from start to finishEntire duration covered
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
whole · the whole nine yards · journey · alpha · omega · through · cover · cover to cover · span · full · cycle · duration · arc · sweep · from · to · cradle · grave
- chronological ordertimeline, calendar, date order, year by year, before and after
- end-to-end phrasesfront to back, end to end, nose to tail, bumper to bumper, stem to stern
- A to Zstart to finish, full range, everything, the works, all-inclusive
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
beginning to endpartially
To an incomplete extent
incompletely · in part · halfway · piecemeal · selectively
beginning to endin reverse
Opposite order direction
back to front · backwards · retrograde · inversely · backward
beginning to endoff and on
Intermittent in occurrence
intermittently · on and off · in fits and starts · start and stop · discontinuously
begin, beginning, began, begun, beginner, beginners, beginnings, ending, endings