SYN: Initiate, commence, prepare, start, originate, arise, inaugurate.

ANT: Achieve, complete, terminate, conclude, consummate, finish, close, end.

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KEY: Beginner.

SYN: Tyro, novice, neophyte, learner, pupil.

ANT: Adept, expert, master, authority.

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KEY: Beginning.

SYN: Commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation.

ANT: End, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion.