from the beginning
Back to start
From the beginning means starting at the earliest point or origin of something: Let's go through the story from the beginning.
It often implies completeness—covering everything without skipping the start: She explained the process from the beginning.
The phrase can signal a fresh start: We need to do this from the beginning.
- startTo set going
- dawnDay's first glow
- first stepInitial action taken
- originStarting point or source
- genesisPoint of creation
inception · commencement · launch · starting line · seed · outset · ab initio · de novo · prologue · birth · source · initialization · tabula rasa · clean slate · fresh start · root cause · square one · back to basics
- counting phrasesone two three, count to ten, on three, countdown, count off
from the beginningat the end
In the final position
in the middle · in medias res · picking up where we left off · midstream · in conclusion
beginning, beginner, from, begins, beginnings, beginners, unbegun